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Mel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-02-03 11:44 AM
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2. humm
Edited on Thu Oct-02-03 11:49 AM by Mel
I'm watching Kerry on the floor right now and granted he has missed a lot of votes.
I don't like any Senator of Congressperson missing votes.

What I don't understand is why the Senators have to be there in person to vote? We do have technology. They could read the full text of a bill if one of their assistants e-mails it to them and they could vote yea or na, right?....by phone a special line maybe? Set up rules so the system isn't abused. ect. they could do it, if they wanted too.

Instead of allowing theirselves to be beat up by this why don't they do something to make it possible for any Senator or Congressperson to vote if they aren't present?

Heck, they change the rules on us all the time why not on theirselves?
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