Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) and the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Pryor) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 47, nays 51, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 17 Leg.] YEAS--47 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--51 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Kerry Pryor The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 47, the nays are 51. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment, as modified, is withdrawn. vote explanation <bullet> Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I was necessarily absent for the vote in relation to Wicker amendment No. 14, as modified, to the FAA reauthorization bill.…”