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Sunday, May 24, 2026

Not all elected / "sub" legislators are showing up to vote -- Tie votes, poor attendance

 535 lawmakers by

present Constitution

record-keeping

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES

supposed to be 435 -- not all

are showing up to be counted

BARE Majority is what keeps

HOUSE SPEAKER in his job

with his speaker's gavel:

SENATORS from 50 states

2 apiece_

100 not always there, some

barely capable of walking to

their desks and casting votes

in the chamber as required. . .

REPORTERS Ashley Wu &

Robert Jamison

5:02 a.m. Sunday 5/24/2026

NY TIMES: A Deciding Factor

in Congress Right Now: Who

Shows Up to Vote

this exacerbates the 

challenges of already

razor-thin margins in the

House and Senate

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