So who didn't show for today's Senate vote?

Kelly Rupert

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:33 PM
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So who didn't show for today's Senate vote?

I know the final tally was 50-48. Who were the abstains?

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onenote

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:36 PM
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1. Tim Johnson (obviously) and Enzi (don't know why)

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Kelly Rupert

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:37 PM
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3. How odd.

I mean, Johnson makes sense, of course, but Enzi? Was it cowardice, or did something pressing come up at home, or what?

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napi21

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:36 PM
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2. Enzi. A Pub who had a family emergency. I asked the same question earlier.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3184975&mesg_id=3185021

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Kelly Rupert

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:38 PM
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4. Oh, okay. Thanks.

And time to let this lil' thread die.

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Rusty MacHenry

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:40 PM
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5. Here's a question that baffels me

Okay Tim Johnson, if he was in the Senate voting today, how do you feel he would of voted? I just say this cause he is a conservative Democrat let's not forget this. So would he go the way of the leadership or go the way of the Republicans, LIEberman and Pryor?

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napi21

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Tue Mar-27-07 10:45 PM
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6. We'll never know. I just hope he's improving and will be able to

leave the rehabfacility where he is now, and soon be back to work.

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TheVirginian

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Wed Mar-28-07 08:32 AM
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7. Traditionally,

If a member of the Senate is incapacitated for a long time, like Johnson, a member of the other party will also abstain on important votes, so there's no way that somebody can say that "If Johnson had been there, we would've won!", which would increase pressure on ill senators to prematurely return, jeopardizing their health.

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