Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Lautenberg), is necessarily absent. The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 40, nays 59, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 41 Leg.] YEAS--40 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Boozman Burr Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Flake Graham Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NAYS--59 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Collins Coons Cowan Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Fischer Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johanns Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Lautenberg The ACTING PRESIDENT pro tempore. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Vote on Amendment No. 26 Under the previous order, there will be 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote on the Mikulski-Shelby substitute amendment. The Senator from Maryland.”