Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from North Dakota (Mr. Hoeven). The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 94, nays 3, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 5 Ex.] YEAS--94 Alexander Ayotte Baldwin Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Coons Corker Crapo Donnelly Durbin Enzi Feinstein Fischer Flake Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Heinrich Heitkamp Heller Hirono Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Lee Levin Manchin McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murphy Nelson Paul Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rockefeller Rubio Sanders Schatz Schumer Scott Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Warren Whitehouse Wicker Wyden NAYS--3 Cornyn Cruz Inhofe ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1 Kerry NOT VOTING--2 Hoeven Murray The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. Under the previous order, the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.”