Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl), the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Manchin), and the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 97 Ex.] YEAS--55 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--42 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Kohl Manchin Udall (NM) The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Virginia A. Seitz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General? The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Lisa O.…”