Kay missed another vote...

Long term readers of Rick vs. Kay know that missing votes as an elected official is a big pet peeve of mine... votes are usually just the tip of the ice berg... they show that a politician is disconnected... they show that a politician is neglecting her/his duties...

Kay missed another vote today not all that surprisingly (link). Excerpt follows...

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 111^th Congress - 2^nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary

Question: On the Nomination (Confirmation Rosanna Malouf Peterson, of Washington, to be U.S. District Judge )
Vote Number:	3	Vote Date:	January 25, 2010, 06:06 PM
Required For Majority:	1/2	Vote Result:	Nomination Confirmed
Nomination Number:	PN1077
Nomination Description:	Rosanna Malouf Peterson, of Washington, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington

Vote Counts:	YEAs	89
	NAYs	0
	Not Voting	11

Vote Summary

By Senator Name

By Vote Position

By Home State

Alphabetical by Senator Name

Akaka (D-HI), Yea Alexander (R-TN), Yea Barrasso (R-WY), Yea Baucus (D-MT), Yea Bayh (D-IN), Yea Begich (D-AK), Yea Bennet (D-CO), Yea Bennett (R-UT), Not Voting Bingaman (D-NM), Yea Bond (R-MO), Yea Boxer (D-CA), Yea Brown (D-OH), Yea Brownback (R-KS), Not Voting Bunning (R-KY), Yea Burr (R-NC), Not Voting Burris (D-IL), Yea Byrd (D-WV), Not Voting Cantwell (D-WA), Yea Cardin (D-MD), Yea Carper (D-DE), Yea Casey (D-PA), Yea Chambliss (R-GA), Yea Coburn (R-OK), Yea Cochran (R-MS), Yea Collins (R-ME), Yea Conrad (D-ND), Yea Corker (R-TN), Yea Cornyn (R-TX), Yea Crapo (R-ID), Yea DeMint (R-SC), Yea Dodd (D-CT), Yea Dorgan (D-ND), Yea Durbin (D-IL), Yea Ensign (R-NV), Yea

Enzi (R-WY), Yea Feingold (D-WI), Yea Feinstein (D-CA), Yea Franken (D-MN), Yea Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea Graham (R-SC), Yea Grassley (R-IA), Yea Gregg (R-NH), Yea Hagan (D-NC), Yea Harkin (D-IA), Yea Hatch (R-UT), Yea Hutchison (R-TX), Not Voting Inhofe (R-OK), Not Voting Inouye (D-HI), Not Voting Isakson (R-GA), Yea Johanns (R-NE), Yea Johnson (D-SD), Yea Kaufman (D-DE), Yea Kerry (D-MA), Yea Kirk (D-MA), Yea Klobuchar (D-MN), Not Voting Kohl (D-WI), Yea Kyl (R-AZ), Yea Landrieu (D-LA), Yea Lautenberg (D-NJ), Yea Leahy (D-VT), Yea LeMieux (R-FL), Yea Levin (D-MI), Yea Lieberman (ID-CT), Yea Lincoln (D-AR), Yea Lugar (R-IN), Yea McCain (R-AZ), Yea McCaskill (D-MO), Yea McConnell (R-KY), Yea

Menendez (D-NJ), Yea Merkley (D-OR), Yea Mikulski (D-MD), Yea Murkowski (R-AK), Not Voting Murray (D-WA), Yea Nelson (D-FL), Yea Nelson (D-NE), Yea Pryor (D-AR), Yea Reed (D-RI), Yea Reid (D-NV), Yea Risch (R-ID), Yea Roberts (R-KS), Not Voting Rockefeller (D-WV), Yea Sanders (I-VT), Yea Schumer (D-NY), Yea Sessions (R-AL), Yea Shaheen (D-NH), Yea Shelby (R-AL), Yea Snowe (R-ME), Yea Specter (D-PA), Yea Stabenow (D-MI), Yea Tester (D-MT), Yea Thune (R-SD), Yea Udall (D-CO), Yea Udall (D-NM), Yea Vitter (R-LA), Yea Voinovich (R-OH), Yea Warner (D-VA), Not Voting Webb (D-VA), Yea Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea Wicker (R-MS), Yea Wyden (D-OR), Yea

There is an old saying... #%$@ or get off the pot.

Kay... we need every ounce of representation right now in Washington. There is such little margin for error that even these unanimous votes are important because it is an indication of whether you are doing your job or not. Voting is 3% of the job, and if you can't even do that then the other 97% becomes even more suspect...

Months ago when I was the only person pointing this out... Rick's peeps had gotten much more on top of it these days, but I don't see any press release about it from them bashing Kay today...