Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker). Further, if present and voting the Senator from Tennessee (Mr. Corker) would have voted ``no.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Blumenthal). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 56, nays 41, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 125 Ex.] YEAS--56 Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Collins Coons Cowan Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Flake Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--41 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Casey Corker Lautenberg The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, there will now be 2 minutes of debate prior to a vote on the Tavenner nomination. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Marilyn B. Tavenner, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services?”