[Vision2020] Missed votes

[Donovan Arnold]

I don't think you guys don't understand how our government works. Congressman vote the interesting of their districts, not what another Congressman tells them to. Congressman usually on speak so it is in the record, so their lobbyist, supporters, and constituents, as well as other organizations and the media can see where they stand on the issues and how they voted.
 
Congressman that miss a vote, don't change the outcome. Republican and Democratic Whips meet with each and make sure they have the same number of people absent from the floor, as to not change the vote.
 
This allows members of congress to go about their business and representing their constituents in others ways, not just sit in a chair on the floor of the House and Senate hearing endless speeches with all the same arguments for and against a bill. The real argumentation takes place behind closed doors. 
 
I do agree, however, that members of Congress spend to much time raising money and not working on bills. 
 
Best Regards,
 
Donovan

--- On Tue, 9/2/08, Kai Eiselein, Editor <editor at lataheagle.com> wrote:

From: Kai Eiselein, Editor <editor at lataheagle.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Missed votes
To: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>, "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>, "Vision2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 12:19 PM

I absolutely agree.
The ones who were there probably couldn't get good tee times to schmooze 
with with their donors and lobbyists.
Or the junkets were all full.

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From: "lfalen" <lfalen at turbonet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2008 12:11 PM
To: "Paul Rumelhart" <godshatter at yahoo.com>;
"Vision2020" 
<vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Missed votes

> Paul
> Good points.It is a disgrace.
> Roger
> -----Original message-----
> From: Paul Rumelhart godshatter at yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2008 20:00:41 -0700
> To: Vision2020 vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] Missed votes
>
>> I hope this topic becomes large enough and loud enough of an issue to
>> actually shame our Congressmen and women into actually participating
>> and/or voting occasionally.  I was on leave for a few days when I was
at
>> the Naval Academy and toured DC.  This was in '86, I believe.  One
of
>> the things I did was watch a session of Congress.  I don't
remember if
>> it was the House of Representatives or the Senate.  It was a surreal
>> experience.  There were, literally, a dozen Congressmen there.  Almost
>> every one of them was reading the newspaper and paying absolutely no
>> attention to the Congressman that was speaking.  The one that was
>> speaking was expressing enthusiastic support for something, I
don't
>> remember what.  Not one of the Congressmen that were there acted as if
>> they even heard what was going on.  That one visit trashed my view of
>> our legislative branch forever.  I was actually naive enough at one
time
>> to think that the idiots running this country actually cared about
>> something.  If we're not paying these guys and gals to discuss and
>> debate the issues, let alone vote on them, then what are we paying
them 
>> for?
>>
>> Paul
>>
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