Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from California (Ms. Feinstein) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 43, nays 53, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 77 Leg.] YEAS--43 Akaka Barrasso Baucus Begich Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cardin Casey Durbin Enzi Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heller Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--53 Alexander Ayotte Bennet Bingaman Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Cantwell Carper Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Franken Graham Grassley Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Klobuchar Kyl Lee Lieberman Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Murray Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Warner Webb NOT VOTING--4 Chambliss Feinstein Hatch Kirk The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected.”