Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) is necessarily absent. I further announce that, if present and voting, the Senator from New Mexico (Mr. Udall) would vote ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Franken). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 79, nays 20, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 101 Leg.] YEAS--79 Akaka Alexander Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--20 Ayotte Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Crapo DeMint Grassley Hatch Heller Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Lee Moran Paul Risch Rubio Vitter NOT VOTING--1 Udall (NM) The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 79, the nays are 20. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for passage, the bill, as amended, is passed.”