Posted on 02/18/2015 7:12:18 AM PST by GIdget2004
If there were a perfect attendance award for Congress, Sen. Susan Collins would get it. Since taking office in 1997, the Maine Republican hasn’t missed a vote in 5,788 opportunities.
But some of her colleagues have missed quite a few over the years.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) have been absent from the most votes in their respective chambers, according to a new analysis by Vocativ in partnership with GovTrack.us.
Of 1,198 total votes, Rubio has missed 99, or 8.3 percent, since taking office in January 2011. Conyers, who is currently the longest-serving member in either chamber, has missed 16.3 percent of 27,195 votes since January 1965.
Republicans make up nine of the 10 spots on Vocativ’s Senate list, with Hawaii Democrat Brian Schatz missing the third-most votes after his appointment to the seat following the death of Sen. Daniel Inouye in December 2012. He was subsequently reelected last November.
Other names on top 10 list include Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Boozman (R-Ark.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), David Vitter (R-La.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.).
On the flip side, Democrats have been missing from more votes than Republicans in the House. Alaska Rep. Don Young has missed the most votes among Republicans, absent from 14.8 percent of approximately 25,000 votes. Washington state Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler missed many votes as well during a difficult pregnancy in 2013.
Others on the House list: Richard Nolan (D-Minn.), Luis Gutiérrez (D-Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Rubén Hinojosa (D-Texas).
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...this might be a good thing. Kinda like a gov shutdown.....
Hey...it worked for odumbo...
Senator Collins takes her job seriously (unfortunately).
good point..YOU KNOW his voting record will be “exposed” my the LSM.
Rubio doesn't want to have anything used against him when he runs for prez. "Absent" is to Rubio as "Present" was to obama.
The dear Senator Vitter from Louisiana, has had his attention split lately, with his preparations for the race for governor coming soon, to replace the wonderful, amazing anchor-baby, Rhodes scholar, coming to any church of any faith near you christian, Piyush ‘Bobby’ Jindal.
Well as Woody Allen said
80% of life is just showing up....
Having said that, some votes are far less important than others. A certain bill is coming up tomorrow that virtually everyone agrees is a good one and should be passed...I have a dentist appointment tomorrow....is that bill, which will pass overwhelmingly, important enough for me to change my appointment.....no!
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