Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Massachusetts (Mr. Kerry) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 40, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 24 Leg.] YEAS--59 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hoeven Hutchison Inouye Johnson (SD) Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--40 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Cantwell Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McCaskill McConnell Paul Portman Risch Rubio Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter NOT VOTING--1 Kerry The motion was agreed to. Amendment No. 71 The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to Schumer amendment No. 71. All time is yielded back. The amendment (No. 71) was agreed to. Amendment No. 50 The PRESIDING OFFICER. There is now 10 minutes of debate, evenly divided, on the Leahy-Inhofe amendment No. 50. Who yields time? The Senator from Oklahoma.”