Political Quotes

“The following Senators are necessarily absent: the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Chiesa), the Senator from Florida (Mr. Rubio), and the Senator from Alaska (Mrs. Murkowski). Further, if present and voting, the Senator from New Jersey (Mr. Chiesa) would have voted ``yea.'' The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Donnelly). Are there any other Senators in the Chamber desiring to vote? The result was announced--yeas 93, nays 1, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 188 Ex.] YEAS--93 Alexander Ayotte Baldwin Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Collins Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo Cruz Donnelly Durbin Enzi Feinstein Fischer Flake Franken Gillibrand Graham Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Heinrich Heller Hirono Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (SD) Johnson (WI) Kaine King Kirk Klobuchar Landrieu Leahy Lee Levin Manchin Markey McCain McCaskill McConnell Menendez Mikulski Moran Murphy Murray Nelson Portman Pryor Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rockefeller Sanders Schatz Schumer Scott Sessions Shaheen Shelby Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Warren Whitehouse Wicker NAYS--1 Paul ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--2 Merkley Wyden NOT VOTING--4 Chiesa Heitkamp Murkowski Rubio The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the motion to reconsider is considered made and laid upon the table and the President will be immediately notified of the Senate's action.…”