Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) and the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Coats). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Ms. Hirono). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 53, nays 45, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 162 Ex.] YEAS--53 Baldwin Begich Bennet Blumenthal Booker Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Leahy Levin Markey McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murphy Murray Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Walsh Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--45 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Flake Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Landrieu Lee Manchin McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--2 Boozman Coats The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table. The President shall be immediately notified of the Senate's action. ____________________”