Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Vermont (Mr. Leahy) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 46, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 87 Leg.] YEAS--53 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Klobuchar Kyl Lee Lugar Manchin McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Paul Portman Pryor Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Tester Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--46 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Levin Lieberman McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Stabenow Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Leahy The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 53, the nays are 46. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of the amendment, the amendment is rejected. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The majority leader is recognized.”