Political Quotes

“So it is obvious to the world that in the Senate this is now another filibuster. That is what this is; it is a filibuster to stop us from moving forward on legislation. This is a filibuster in any name that you want. I am disappointed. I asked for a rollcall vote on the tabling motion. I ask that we move forward. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question is on agreeing to the motion to table the motion to concur. The yeas and nays have been ordered. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 120 Leg.] YEAS--59 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Conrad Coons DeMint Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Hatch Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Lee Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Paul Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--41 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo Enzi Grassley Heller Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Kyl Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Wicker The…”