Political Quotes

“I announce that the Senator from Wisconsin (Mr. Kohl) is necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Klobuchar). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 54, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 133 Leg.] YEAS--54 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus 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 McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Tester Thune Toomey Vitter Webb Wicker NAYS--45 Akaka Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Whitehouse Wyden NOT VOTING--1 Kohl The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 54, the nays are 45. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Paul Amendment No. 613 The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there is now 2 minutes of debate on the Paul amendment No. 613. Who yields time? The Senator from Vermont.”