I like golf but

[DOGS THAT BARK]

--would be a shame if this guy kept was reelected
--from the grapevine--

Missed Votes

Indiana Republican Dan Burton apologized this week for missing nineteen votes in the House last month in order to play golf. Burton told conservative radio host Greg Garrision that he'd made reservations to play at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a tournament he's attended 17 times, when the Republicans were still in control of Congress.

After the Democrats took charge, they scheduled votes earlier than Burton expected. So he missed votes on cutting oil industry tax breaks as well as hearings on Iraq and North Korea in order to play in the celebrity-studded event, which pairs amateur players with politicians and movie stars such as Clint Eastwood and Ray Romano. Bob Hope and his wife were the original co-founders of the tournament and Congressman Burton was an acquaintance.

 

[WhatsHisNuts]

Did he miss all nineteen votes to play in this one event? What is the track record of his peers? I know what you're trying to say, but I'd need to hear more before I'd condemn him. These are the type of stories that are used to discredit people all the time, but we usually only specifics about the individual and not enough about how it differs from his peers.

 

[AR182]

--would be a shame if this guy kept was reelected
--from the grapevine--

Missed Votes

Indiana Republican Dan Burton apologized this week for missing nineteen votes in the House last month in order to play golf. Burton told conservative radio host Greg Garrision that he'd made reservations to play at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, a tournament he's attended 17 times, when the Republicans were still in control of Congress.

After the Democrats took charge, they scheduled votes earlier than Burton expected. So he missed votes on cutting oil industry tax breaks as well as hearings on Iraq and North Korea in order to play in the celebrity-studded event, which pairs amateur players with politicians and movie stars such as Clint Eastwood and Ray Romano. Bob Hope and his wife were the original co-founders of the tournament and Congressman Burton was an acquaintance.

i find this really disgusting....there should be some kind of rule that states that a representative gets thrown out of office if he misses a certain amout of votes....

 

[THE KOD]

AR

Dont be so hard on them,

they can go take a whizz and miss 6 votes.

 

[smurphy]

Props to DTB. I had to read that 3 times to make sure the 'Grapevine' was actually outing a delinquent Republican. Well done.