Political Quotes

On the recordFebruary 29, 2024
The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Wyoming (Mr. Barrasso), the Senator from Alabama (Mrs. Britt), the Senator from Louisiana (Mr. Cassidy), the Senator from Montana (Mr. Daines), the Senator from Kansas (Mr. Moran), the Senator from Idaho (Mr. Risch), the Senator from Utah (Mr. Romney), the Senator from South Carolina (Mr. Scott), and the Senator from Ohio (Mr. Vance). The result was announced--yeas 14, nays 76, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 64 Leg.] YEAS--14 Blackburn Budd Cruz Hagerty Hawley Johnson Kennedy Lee Lummis Marshall Paul Rubio Scott (FL) Tuberville NAYS--76 Baldwin Bennet Blumenthal Booker Boozman Braun Brown Butler Cantwell Capito Cardin Carper Casey Collins Coons Cornyn Cortez Masto Cotton Cramer Crapo Duckworth Durbin Ernst Fetterman Fischer Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hassan Heinrich Hickenlooper Hirono Hoeven Hyde-Smith Kaine Kelly King Klobuchar Lankford Lujan Markey McConnell Menendez Merkley Mullin Murkowski Murphy Murray Ossoff Padilla Peters Reed Ricketts Rosen Rounds Sanders Schatz Schmitt Schumer Shaheen Sinema Smith Stabenow Sullivan Tester Thune Tillis Van Hollen Warner Warnock Warren Welch Whitehouse Wicker Wyden Young NOT VOTING--10 Barrasso Britt Cassidy Daines Manchin Moran Risch Romney Scott (SC) Vance The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this motion, the yeas are 14, the nays are 76, and the motion is not agreed to. The motion was rejected. Motion to Commit The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Utah.
Said by
John Thune
Republican · South Dakota

Share

More from John Thune

Jul 17, 2026

Again, the question is $60 billion worth the risk of putting something like that on the floor, and all the other harm that could potentially come from that.

foxnews.com
Jun 15, 2026

There’s something coming out of the White House on a daily basis that keeps life interesting.

rollcall.com
Jun 17, 2026

We only got 48 votes; we had that vote last week on all five components.

dailycaller.com
Jun 5, 2026

This is a dangerous play on [Democrats’] part to try and block or stop this.

punchbowl.news

Other voices in this conversation