Political Quotes

“I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas 12, nays 88, as follows: [Rollcall Vote No. 53 Leg.] YEAS--12 Brown (MA) Collins Conrad Graham Johnson (SD) Landrieu Manchin McCaskill Nelson (NE) Pryor Rockefeller Webb NAYS--88 Akaka Alexander Ayotte Barrasso Baucus Begich Bennet Bingaman Blumenthal Blunt Boozman Boxer Brown (OH) Burr Cantwell Cardin Carper Casey Chambliss Coats Coburn Cochran Coons Corker Cornyn Crapo DeMint Durbin Ensign Enzi Feinstein Franken Gillibrand Grassley Hagan Harkin Hatch Hoeven Hutchison Inhofe Inouye Isakson Johanns Johnson (WI) Kerry Kirk Klobuchar Kohl Kyl Lautenberg Leahy Lee Levin Lieberman Lugar McCain McConnell Menendez Merkley Mikulski Moran Murkowski Murray Nelson (FL) Paul Portman Reed Reid Risch Roberts Rubio Sanders Schumer Sessions Shaheen Shelby Snowe Stabenow Tester Thune Toomey Udall (CO) Udall (NM) Vitter Warner Whitehouse Wicker Wyden The PRESIDING OFFICER. On this vote, the yeas are 12, the nays are 88. Under the previous order requiring 60 votes for the adoption of this amendment, this amendment is rejected. The Senator from Delaware. Amendments Nos. 244 and 161 Withdrawn”