Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 55, nays 44, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 174 Leg.] YEAS--55 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--44 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee Lieberman Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Thune Toomey Vitter Warner Wicker NOT VOTING--1 Lautenberg The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 55, the nays are 44. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment is rejected. Amendment No. 874, As Modified, to Amendment No. 738 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there is now 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 874, as modified, offered by the Senator from Ohio.…”