Transcript: Illness Causes Bill Natcher to Miss House Roll Call

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LINDA WERTHEIMER, Host: Congressman William Natcher of Kentucky missed a vote in the House of Representatives today. That breaks the longest perfect voting record in the U.S. House or any other house. Mr. Natcher is third in seniority, and during his 40 years, he's cast more than 18,000 votes - important votes on life and death, war and taxes; unimportant votes on motions to kill time or to table the preposterous amendment to the even more unlikely amendment. He's cast procedural votes and, of course, daily votes to summon the House to debate. Mr. Natcher has never considered it anything but his bound and duty to go to the chamber and vote as the ...

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