Saturday, December 26, 2009

Spokesman: Sen. Bunning missed health vote because of 'family commitments'

The only senator to miss Thursday morning's vote on the Senate's $871 billion healthcare overhaul was absent because of "family commitments," according to his spokesman.

Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) missed Thursday's final vote on healthcare, Wednesday's final cloture vote, as well as several others.

“The senator had family commitments,” Bunning spokesman Mike Reynard said in an e-mail to the Louisville (Ky.) Courier-Journal.

The explanation from Bunning's office comes after Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Thursday morning
said Buning left Washington two days ago to be home with his family.

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