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Democrats have, yet again, put party above everything, including your own health and important family obligations. Even if you are being treated for lung cancer, party comes first. Nothing is more important than the party.
But in the first vote series Tuesday afternoon, four Democrats were absent from the chamber. If that number holds — and Republicans have full participation — Johnson’s cushion would jump from one allowable defection to three.
It’s for that reason that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) had penned a letter to all the members of his House Democratic Caucus on Monday urging full participation in the budget vote.
“Given the expected closeness of the vote, it’s imperative that we are present with maximum attendance,” Jeffries wrote.
The four Democratic lawmakers who missed Tuesday’s early votes were Reps. Kevin Mullin (Calif.), who recently suffered an infection following knee surgery; Brittany Pettersen (Colo.), who recently gave birth to her second child; Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), who has spent most of the last year being treated for lung cancer; and Frederica Wilson (Fla.).
But in the first vote series Tuesday afternoon, four Democrats were absent from the chamber. If that number holds — and Republicans have full participation — Johnson’s cushion would jump from one allowable defection to three.
It’s for that reason that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) had penned a letter to all the members of his House Democratic Caucus on Monday urging full participation in the budget vote.
“Given the expected closeness of the vote, it’s imperative that we are present with maximum attendance,” Jeffries wrote.
The four Democratic lawmakers who missed Tuesday’s early votes were Reps. Kevin Mullin (Calif.), who recently suffered an infection following knee surgery; Brittany Pettersen (Colo.), who recently gave birth to her second child; Raúl Grijalva (Ariz.), who has spent most of the last year being treated for lung cancer; and Frederica Wilson (Fla.).
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