Michael Capuano ranks 10th in Congress for skipping votes

Another early day for Mike Capuano... Ted Kennedy has been #1 on the Senate absentee list for years, so I don't see how this disqualifies Mike from the Moonbatstakes. Also, us citizens of the Commonwealth are actually better represented when our lawmakers do not go to work, so Mike's fast becoming my favorite moonbat.
-Nick McNulty

Michael Capuano ranks 10th in Congress for skipping votes

By Dave Wedge

U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano has missed more Capitol Hill votes than all but nine of the nation’s 435 members of Congress, skipping key tallies this year on veterans issues, defense spending, highway funding and the impeachment of a federal judge, records show.

Capuano, who has boasted he is the Senate hopeful that most “closely mirrors” late U.S. Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ranks 10th in missed votes among members of Congress, blowing off 128 votes - or 14 percent - this year, according to congressional records compiled by The Washington Post.

The Somerville Democrat, who has pinned his Senate hopes on his claim to be the most connected Washington insider in the race for Kennedy’s seat, missed a series of votes just last week, including a bill to fund a new veterans hospital in Washington state, as well as another to help small businesses land financing. He also missed October votes on Department of Defense and Homeland Security spending and a key vote on a massive highway construction funding package.