Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I ask for the yeas and nays on the nomination of Elena Kagan to be an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There is a sufficient second. The question is, Will the Senate advise and consent to the nomination of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court? The clerk will call the roll. The legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 63, nays 37, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 229 Ex.] YEAS--63 Akaka Baucus Bayh Begich Bennet Bingaman Boxer Brown (OH) Burris Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Collins Conrad Dodd Dorgan Durbin Feingold Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Goodwin Graham Gregg Hagan Harkin Inouye Johnson Kaufman Kerry Klobuchar Kohl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar McCaskill Menendez Merkley Mikulski Murray Nelson (FL) Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Sanders Schumer Shaheen Snowe Specter Stabenow Tester Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Warner Webb Whitehouse Wyden NAYS--37 Alexander Barrasso Bennett Bond Brown (MA) Brownback Bunning Burr Chambliss Coburn Cochran Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Ensign Enzi Grassley Hatch Hutchison Inhofe Isakson Johanns Kyl LeMieux McCain McConnell Murkowski Nelson (NE) Risch Roberts Sessions Shelby Thune Vitter Voinovich Wicker The nomination was confirmed. The PRESIDING OFFICER. A motion to reconsider this vote is considered made and laid on the table.…”