In October 2011, West Virginia Rep. Nick J. Rahall II mis…

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In October 2011, West Virginia Rep. Nick J. Rahall II missed three House votes after his scheduled 4:50 p.m. U.S. Airways Express flight from Charleston to Washington was delayed for four hours.

Sources

The Dog Ate My Vote: How Congress Explains Its Absences (propublica.org)
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-record/volume-157/issue-147/extensions-of-remarks-section/article/E1760-2 (congress.gov)
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CREC-2011-10-04/pdf/CREC-2011-10-04-extensions.pdf (govinfo.gov)

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