Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman), the Senator from Mississippi (Mr. Cochran), and the Senator from Utah (Mr. Lee). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from Arkansas (Mr. Boozman) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 52, nays 42, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 165 Ex.] YEAS--52 Baldwin Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Heitkamp Hirono Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murphy Murray Nelson Pryor Reed Reid Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Walsh Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--42 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Flake Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk McCain McConnell Moran Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--6 Booker Boozman Cochran Lee Rockefeller Udall (CO) The nomination was confirmed. ____________________”