Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Conrad), and the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) are necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from Louisiana (Ms. Landrieu) would vote ``no.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 58, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 30 Leg.] YEAS--58 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Begich Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burr Carper Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kohl Kyl Lee Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Wicker NAYS--40 Akaka Baucus Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Cantwell Cardin Casey Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Lautenberg Leahy Levin Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Conrad Landrieu The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 58, the nays are 40. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Under the previous order, the Senator from New Jersey is recognized. Amendment No. 124, as Modified”