Marco Rubio (r-FLA) is the “least likely to
show up for work.” Ted Cruz (r-TX) also tops the list of no-shows. This
is convenient because both are now working as a chairman for
subcommittees that oversee climate change in some capacity, and what
better way to deny reality than to not show up.
Nine of the ten spots of no-shows go to repugicans, according to a new analysis by Vocativ.com working with GovTrack.us.
Vocativ says there is a Senate absentee rate average
of 2.01 percent, with Rubio taking the lead at 8.30% percent no shows.
The “biggest no-shows in Congress”, per Vocativ:
The repugicans are Marco Rubio (r-FLA) with an
8.30% absentee rate, Jerry Moran (r-KS), John Boozman (r-AS), Ted Cruz
(r-TX), David Vitter (r-LA), Lisa Murkowski (r-AK), Lindsey Graham
(r-SC), Jim Inhofe (r-OK) and Roy Blunt (r-MO). The Democrat is Brian
Schatz (D-HA), which they justify because it’s so far away (um, no,
please show up for your pay).
Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz are supposed to be big
stars who might make a run for the White House, yet they now each have
the dubious honor of being a biggest no-show. This should matter, but it
probably doesn’t matter to repugican voters. After all, repugican
ideology dictates “small government” (though you wouldn’t know this when
it comes to their use of subsidies, addiction to defense spending
except when they’re shutting down government or refusing — for years– to
pass a real budget, propping up certain favorites in the market, or use
of government to impose their alleged religious choices onto the
populace). But it’s also true that the minority tends to show up less,
and up until seven weeks ago, repugicans were the minority in the
senate.
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