Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The question is on agreeing to amendment No. 149. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 42, nays 58, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 37 Leg.] YEAS--42 Akaka Baucus Begich Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Harkin Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Lieberman Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Warner Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--58 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Bennet Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hagan Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kohl Kyl Lee Levin Lugar Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Moran Murkowski Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sanders Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Webb Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, there are 42 yeas, 58 nays. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Under the previous order, the measure will be returned to the calendar. The Senator from Minnesota. ____________________”