by Mark Silva
One will be missing today when the Senate votes on the economic stimulus bill that cleared the House this afternoon.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, battling brain cancer, is in Florida and will miss the final Senate vote. The Massachusetts Democrat is undergoing treatment and physical rehabilitation, spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said today, and Democrats don't need his vote for final passage of a package that cleared the House today without a single Republican vote but probably has three Republican supporters in the Senate.
Kennedy had returned to the Senate on Monday for an earlier, test vote on the plan. It passed by 61-36, one more vote than the 60 needed to advance a vote.
Kennedy plans to travel between Florida and Washington for future Senate business "until the weather gets warmer here," Wagoner said in Washington.
Monday's trip was his Kennedy's first to the Capitol since he suffered a seizure the day that President Barack Obama was inaugurated. The 76-year-old lawmaker was stricken at a luncheon in the Capitol after Obama's swearing-in.
(Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass), center, with Sen. John Jerry (D-Mass) and wife Victoria Reggie Kennedy before a cloture vote on the stimulus bill on Monday. Photo by Lawrence Jackson / AP)
Comments
Missing a vote is one thing...missing an Oldsmbile and a young lass the next morning is another....
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | February 13, 2009 10:56 PM
Missing a vote is one thing...missing an Oldsmobile and a young lass the next morning is another....
Paulo
Posted by: Paulo | February 13, 2009 10:56 PM
Missing a vote is one thing...missing an Oldsmobile and a young lass the next morning is another....
Posted by: Paulo | February 13, 2009 10:58 PM
We sure miss your leadership in the Congress, Senator Kennedy, but, we also know, that you have a major battle going on with your illness. Be strong and fight the good fight and God will take care of the you. Good luck and God bless you and your entire family !! Thanks, for being there for all of us, here in America !!
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS, BRING THEM HOME, ALIVE AND WHOLE. NOW.
Posted by: Don Fitzgerald, America | February 13, 2009 11:46 PM
Dear Senator Kennedy,
Again, thank you for all you've done and given please take this time to get and be well, we love you with the the love of the LORD.
Agape'
VR
Posted by: VR | February 15, 2009 8:16 AM