Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Alabama (Mr. Jones) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 67, nays 30, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 40 Ex.] YEAS--67 Alexander Barrasso Blackburn Blunt Boozman Braun Burr Capito Cardin Carper Casey Cassidy Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Crapo Cruz Daines Duckworth Enzi Ernst Feinstein Fischer Gardner Graham Grassley Hassan Hawley Hoeven Hyde-Smith Inhofe Isakson Johnson Kennedy King Lankford Lee Manchin McConnell McSally Murkowski Murphy Paul Portman Reed Risch Roberts Romney Rosen Rounds Rubio Sasse Schumer Scott (FL) Scott (SC) Shaheen Shelby Sullivan Thune Tillis Toomey Whitehouse Wicker Young NAYS--30 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Brown Cantwell Durbin Gillibrand Harris Heinrich Hirono Kaine Klobuchar Leahy Markey Menendez Merkley Murray Peters Sanders Schatz Sinema Smith Stabenow Tester Udall Van Hollen Warner Warren Wyden NOT VOTING--3 Jones Moran Perdue The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The yeas are a 67, the nays are 30. The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table, and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The majority leader is recognized. ____________________”