Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. Under the previous order, this amendment will require 60 votes. The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 41, nays 59, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 91 Leg.] YEAS--41 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blumenthal Boozman Brown (MA) Burr Chambliss Coburn Collins Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Enzi Graham Hatch Heller Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee Lieberman Manchin McCain McConnell Murkowski Paul Portman Risch Rockefeller Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Toomey Vitter Webb Wicker NAYS--59 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blunt Boxer Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Coats Cochran Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Hoeven Inouye Johanns Johnson (SD) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Roberts Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Thune Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Whitehouse Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 41, the nays are 59. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Under the previous order, the motions to reconsider the previous two votes are considered made and laid upon the table. The majority leader.”