Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Florida (Mr. LeMieux) and the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Roberts). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 48, nays 49, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 188 Leg.] YEAS--48 Alexander Barrasso Begich Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Dorgan Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Gregg Hagan Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl Landrieu Lieberman Lugar McCain McConnell Merkley Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Risch Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Vitter Voinovich Wicker NAYS--49 Akaka Baucus Bayh Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Dodd Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lincoln McCaskill Menendez Mikulski Murray Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--3 Byrd LeMieux Roberts The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 48, the nays are 49. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is withdrawn. vote explanation”