Political Quotes

On the recordApril 14, 2011
I yield back all time on both sides and ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The yeas and nays were ordered. The PRESIDING OFFICER. If there is no further debate, the question is on the third reading of the bill. The bill was ordered to a third reading and was read the third time. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The bill having been read the third time, the question is, Shall the bill pass? The yeas and nays have been ordered and the clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 81, nays 19, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 61 Leg.] YEAS--81 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Corker Cornyn Durbin Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Lieberman Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Schumer Sessions Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker NAYS--19 Coburn Crapo DeMint Ensign Graham Hatch Inhofe Johnson (WI) Leahy Lee Levin Paul Risch Rubio Sanders Shelby Toomey Vitter Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER.…
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
govinfo.gov
Apr 14, 2011

Share

More from Dick Durbin

Aug 26, 2026

Together, you’ve created a space where residents can access pediatric care, behavioral health services, housing and employment support, and much more.

durbin.senate.gov
Aug 16, 2026

Senate Democrats continue to support the full repeal of Republicans’ disastrous Medicaid cuts and stand united in calling on the Trump Administration to withdraw this harmful rule.

duckworth.senate.gov
Aug 26, 2026

I want to recognize the incredible partnership that made this possible: Stone Community Development Corporation, Lurie Children’s, Thresholds, and Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives.

durbin.senate.gov
Aug 28, 2026

The 129 responses we received made it clear that this legislation will mean shuttering of services, layoffs, and even hospital closures—meaning patients will needlessly suffer.

duckworth.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation