Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Oklahoma (Mr. Inhofe) and the Senator from Georgia (Mr. Isakson). The result was announced--yeas 62, nays 35, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 225 Ex.] YEAS--62 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Chiesa Collins Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Fischer Flake Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johanns Johnson (SD) King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--35 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Inhofe Isakson Kaine The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Illinois.”