Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 82, nays 17, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 169 Ex.] YEAS--82 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Heller Hoeven Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--17 Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Coburn DeMint Enzi Hutchison Inhofe Johnson (WI) Lee McConnell Paul Risch Roberts Shelby Vitter NOT VOTING--1 Kohl The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider are considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”