The story notes that Strickland was rated “the third most absent member of Congress” and in his final two months in Congress, Strickland was absent for an astounding 93% of votes. It just so happens that this severe increase in missed votes coincided with Strickland’s gubernatorial campaign.
Ted Strickland put his political ambitions above representing the people of Ohio’s 6th district.
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Strickland Missed 40 Percent of Congressional Votes When Running for Governor
The Washington Free Beacon
By Morgan Chalfant
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During the 109th Congress, Strickland missed more than 22 percent of roll call votes. His attendance declined further during his final year serving in the House of Representatives when he was also running to become governor of Ohio.
Strickland missed 21 percent of the votes between January and March of 2006, 24 percent of the votes between April and June, and 64 percent of the votes between July and September.
In his final two months in Congress, Strickland was not present for nearly 93 percent of the votes on the House floor. Overall, he skipped 39 percent of votes in 2006.
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At the time, a now defunct database maintained by the Washington Post rated Strickland the third most absent member of Congress since 2005, after Reps. Lane Evans (D., Ill.), who was battling Parkinson’s disease, and Jim Davis (D., Fla.).
In Congress, Strickland was also frequently absent from his position on the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs from 2003 to 2006, according to a review of available committee hearing records. The former Ohio congressman missed six of the 16 committee hearings recorded during the 108th Congress, meaning that he was absent 38 percent of the time.
Strickland also missed 16, or 64 percent, of the 25 Veterans’ Affairs committee hearings during the 109th Congress, which overlapped with his campaign for governor. Strickland missed 12 of the 17 committee hearings on record in 2006, meaning that he was absent over 70 percent of the time during the year he was running for governor. The Democratic congressman skipped the final five committee hearings on record between June and December of 2006.
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