kiwiman127
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It seems Cruz is more interested in the spot light than he is doing the job he was elected to do.
Absentee ballot: Ted Cruz a no-show at most committee meetings, floor votes
On one side of the spectrum in the Senate there is Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has not missed a vote since taking office in 1997. At the opposite end are Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida.
The two Republican presidential candidates' attendance records when it comes to Senate votes and attending hearings are some of lowest in the chamber, with Cruz being especially negligent as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Cruz has missed the majority of committee hearings and now ranks 97th in the first three months of this year in showing up for roll call votes on the floor.
According to a report from Politico late last month, Cruz missed out on discussions about Afghanistan, the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, spending cuts, military readiness and the appropriate level of compensation for the troops.
Cruz was also the only senator absent on Wednesday when the Senate voted 99-0 to pass a compromise human trafficking bill that ended a contentious fight over federal abortion funding restrictions that had stalled the confirmation vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.
Cruz's campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler, told Fox News Latino that the senator missed the vote because he arrived in Washington, D.C., late in the evening on Wednesday.
Absentee ballot Ted Cruz a no-show at most committee meetings floor votes Fox News Latino
This is a perfect example of wasting taxpayer dollars.
Cruz spends alot his time criticizing Washington, when he is the part of Washington that is more concerned about getting in front of the camera and raising Big Money, than doing the job he was elected to do.
I let people go when they keep on missing work, because they aren't doing their job they were hired to do. I sure don't promote them.
And he's running for president? And people want to promote him?
Absentee ballot: Ted Cruz a no-show at most committee meetings, floor votes
On one side of the spectrum in the Senate there is Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has not missed a vote since taking office in 1997. At the opposite end are Ted Cruz of Texas and Marco Rubio of Florida.
The two Republican presidential candidates' attendance records when it comes to Senate votes and attending hearings are some of lowest in the chamber, with Cruz being especially negligent as a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Cruz has missed the majority of committee hearings and now ranks 97th in the first three months of this year in showing up for roll call votes on the floor.
According to a report from Politico late last month, Cruz missed out on discussions about Afghanistan, the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, spending cuts, military readiness and the appropriate level of compensation for the troops.
Cruz was also the only senator absent on Wednesday when the Senate voted 99-0 to pass a compromise human trafficking bill that ended a contentious fight over federal abortion funding restrictions that had stalled the confirmation vote on attorney general nominee Loretta Lynch.
Cruz's campaign spokesman, Rick Tyler, told Fox News Latino that the senator missed the vote because he arrived in Washington, D.C., late in the evening on Wednesday.
Absentee ballot Ted Cruz a no-show at most committee meetings floor votes Fox News Latino
This is a perfect example of wasting taxpayer dollars.
Cruz spends alot his time criticizing Washington, when he is the part of Washington that is more concerned about getting in front of the camera and raising Big Money, than doing the job he was elected to do.
I let people go when they keep on missing work, because they aren't doing their job they were hired to do. I sure don't promote them.
And he's running for president? And people want to promote him?
