Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from West Virginia (Mr. Rockefeller) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Brown). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 82, nays 17, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 176 Ex.] YEAS--82 Alexander Ayotte Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chiesa Coats Cochran Collins Coons Corker Crapo Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Fischer Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Heller Hirono Hoeven Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Portman Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Sanders Schatz Schumer Scott Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Warren Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--17 Barrasso Chambliss Coburn Cornyn Cruz Enzi Flake Grassley Hatch Inhofe Johnson (WI) Lee McConnell Paul Risch Rubio Toomey NOT VOTING--1 Rockefeller The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. cloture motion The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Chair directs the clerk to read the motion.…”