Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander), the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Coburn), and the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Alexander) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The yeas and nays resulted--yeas 66, nays 28, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 170 Leg.] YEAS--66 Akaka Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heller Hoeven Inhofe Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--28 Ayotte Barrasso Burr Chambliss Coats Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hutchison Isakson Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Risch Roberts Rubio Snowe Thune Toomey NOT VOTING--6 Alexander Bennet Coburn Inouye Kirk Udall (CO) The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the years are 66 and the nays are 28. Three-fifths of the Senators duly chosen and sworn having voted in the affirmative, the motion is agreed to, and the point of order falls. The Senator from Tennessee.”