Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The bill clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 57, nays 43, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 56 Leg.] YEAS--57 Akaka Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Boxer Brown (MA) Brown (OH) Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Cochran Collins Conrad Coons Durbin Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Hagan Harkin Hutchison Inouye Johnson (SD) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Manchin McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (NE) Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Stabenow Tester Udall (NM) Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--43 Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Blunt Boozman Burr Chambliss Coats Coburn Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Graham Grassley Hatch Hoeven Inhofe Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kyl Lee Lugar McCain McConnell Moran Paul Portman Risch Roberts Rubio Sessions Shelby Snowe Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Vitter Warner Wicker The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 57, the nays are 43. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, the amendment is rejected. Amendment No. 273 Under the previous order, there is now 2 minutes of debate equally divided prior to a vote in relation to amendment No. 273 offered by the Senator from Oklahoma, Mr. Coburn. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The majority leader is recognized.”