Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. DeMint), the Senator from Illinois (Mr. Kirk), and the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 32, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 248 Leg.] YEAS--62 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heller Hoeven Hutchison Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--32 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Roberts Rubio Sessions Thune Toomey NOT VOTING--6 Boxer DeMint Kirk Lautenberg Risch Warner The bill (H.R.…”