Political Quotes

“The following Senator is necessarily absent: the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Chiesa). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Chiesa) would have voted ``nay.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER. Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 59, nays 38, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 194 Ex.] YEAS--59 Alexander Baldwin Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Boxer Brown Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Collins Coons Donnelly Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Heinrich Hirono Isakson Johnson (SD) Kaine King Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Levin Manchin Markey McCain McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murphy Murray Nelson Portman Pryor Reed Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Warren Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--38 Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Coats Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Enzi Fischer Flake Graham Grassley Hatch Heller Hoeven Inhofe Johanns Johnson (WI) Kirk Lee McConnell Moran Paul Risch Roberts Rubio Scott Sessions Shelby Thune Toomey Vitter Wicker NOT VOTING--3 Chiesa Heitkamp Reid The nomination was confirmed. Vote on Nomination of Harry I. Johnson III The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board? The nomination was confirmed.…”