GOP '08 Hopeful Brownback Missed Second-Most Senate Votes Last Month

Associated Press Sam Hananel February 3, 2007 07:19 PM

Senator Sam Brownback missed more than half of the votes in the Senate last month as he ramped up his campaign for president.

The Kansas Republican skipped 20 of the 39 roll call votes in January -- or 51 percent -- according to Senate voting records. That's a higher absence rate than any other member of the Senate except South Dakota Democrat Tim Johnson, who's recovering from a brain hemorrhage.

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