Political Quotes

On the recordJanuary 23, 2017
I announce that the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Blumenthal) and the Senator from Connecticut (Mr. Murphy) are necessarily absent. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Moran). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 66, nays 32, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 32 Ex.] YEAS--66 Alexander Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Capito Cassidy Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Cotton Crapo Cruz Daines Donnelly Enzi Ernst Feinstein Fischer Flake Gardner Graham Grassley Hassan Hatch Heitkamp Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johnson Kaine Kennedy King Klobuchar Lankford Lee Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Perdue Portman Reed Risch Roberts Rounds Rubio Sasse Schatz Schumer Scott Sessions Shaheen Shelby Sullivan Thune Tillis Toomey Warner Whitehouse Wicker Young NAYS--32 Baldwin Bennet Booker Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Cortez Masto Duckworth Durbin Franken Gillibrand Harris Heinrich Hirono Leahy Markey Menendez Merkley Murray Nelson Paul Peters Sanders Stabenow Tester Udall Van Hollen Warren Wyden NOT VOTING--2 Blumenthal Murphy The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Lankford). Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action. The Senator from Kansas. ____________________
Said by
Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
Source
govinfo.gov
Jan 23, 2017

Share

More from Dick Durbin

Aug 19, 2026

We always work closely with the leaders in local government regardless of their party affiliation.

durbin.senate.gov
Aug 18, 2026

The Trump administration has not provided transparency into the use of federal funds for the East Wing project, and they have limited congressional oversight, meaningful public input, and adherence to established federal processes.

durbin.senate.gov
Aug 26, 2026

I can’t wait to see all the good that happens here.

durbin.senate.gov
Aug 16, 2026

Senate Democrats continue to support the full repeal of Republicans’ disastrous Medicaid cuts and stand united in calling on the Trump Administration to withdraw this harmful rule.

duckworth.senate.gov

Other voices in this conversation