Senate Hasn’t Held A Full Vote In 7 MONTHS
View Source | March 20, 2023 4:45 pm
- The Senate has had attendance problems in the last seven months, with at least one senator missing from the roll call in every vote since August 2022.
- The 51-49 Democratic-held Senate has been reduced to a 49-48 Senate thanks to absences by both parties, with that number fluctuating from day to day, causing roadblocks in the upper chamber of Congress.
- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sens. John Fetterman (D-PA) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have no timetable for when they plan to return to the Senate. McConnell, 81, is recovering from a concussion suffered during a fall. Fetterman, 53, is receiving treatment for depression, and Feinstein, 89, is receiving treatment for shingles.
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