If he can have someone vote present for him, why can’t he leave a yea instead?
Duluth, slow on the uptake. Got it now.
Voting present is not the same as not voting. It raises the total number of senators voting, thus increasing the number needed to obtain victory.
I believe that if she votes present, Daines doesn’t vote, and Manchin switches, we lose. Am I wrong about this.
He’s NOT voting, she CAN’T vote “for him”, and both of them are stinking POS! DAMN THEM BOTH TO HELL AND SOON!
Senators need to be there to vote. There us a Senate tradition that allows “pairing” where a senator announces the pairing and votes “present” to accommodate an opposing vote that couldn’t be there.
You cannot vote absentee in the Senate.