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House Democrats Blame Traffic for Missing Key Hegseth Impeachment Vote (www.washingtonsun.com)
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[–] 15 points 14 hours ago (7 children)

Why is a vote allowed to go through it representatives are stuck in traffic

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  • [–] 35 points 13 hours ago

    Because Johnson. He was aware people were en route and closed the vote.

    Its also misleading, its "some of the 11". Pelosi was in CA for a veterans day event, another was going in for a medical procedure, another had an unrelated (and unspecified) personal emergency, like 4 said they were stuck in traffic (motorcade blocking traffic), and I think it was 2 at the AIPAC event.

    Not excusing anything here BTW, just pointing out the title is kinda shitty.

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  • [–] 9 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

    I mean, everyone not being in attendance can't automatically delay votes, or anyone could unilaterally block a vote by just not showing up. However, I think we all know why the vote was moved up and closed early - it's specifically because they were stuck in traffic.

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  • [–] 7 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

    They shouldn't have needed to be at a specific location to vote for more than 100 years... How is it still allowed to be an excuse.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

    Alternatively

    Having been required to be at a specific location to vote for more than 100 years is probably a good reason to be at the location

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