Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 24 Ex.] YEAS--58 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Coons Cowan Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johanns Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murphy Murray Nelson Paul Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--41 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Flake Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Lautenberg The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President shall be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”