Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 61, nays 38, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 21 Leg.] YEAS--61 Akaka Alexander Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill McConnell Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--38 Ayotte Barrasso Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kirk Kohl Kyl Lautenberg Lee Lugar McCain Menendez Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Risch Rubio Sessions Shaheen Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter NOT VOTING--1 Kerry The motion was agree to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. Amendment No. 18 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 4 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 18 offered by the Senator from Kentucky, Mr. Paul. The Senator from Kentucky.”