Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Alaska (Ms. Murkowski). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 60, nays 36, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 123 Leg.] YEAS--60 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boozman Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Coons Cowan Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Graham Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johnson (SD) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murphy Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--36 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Flake Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Thune Toomey Warner Wicker NOT VOTING--4 Lautenberg Murkowski Murray Warren The amendment (No. 866) was agreed to. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from New Mexico.”