How is this not news? A US Congresswoman is missing and not showing up for any votes for 6 months until some reporters search to figure out what is going on. This Congressional district has not been represented for 6 months (and I'm guessing barely represented for a long time before that.) Not removing this Congresswoman and replacing her with someone who will actually represent her district is criminal.

I know the US government is a mess, and corrupt, but how did we get to the point of having a completely senile President on his last days of life and Congress woman, who hasn't voted for 6 months? I also read that there is a bill to expose the cases where Congress paid off people who had been harassed by Congressmen. Why are taxpayers paying off victims? I also recently read that about 25% of Congress are over 70 years old.

What a mess!

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New rule: congress is an uncompensated position. You may not take financial contributions or gifts with large monetary value within 5 years of starting or finishing a term. Any violations will be confiscated, auctioned and used to pay down the national debt. Any stock trades/investments are visible on an immediate public register.

Problem is, hardly anyone will care about the open register, except to whale-watch and follow them.

(In AU, UK and EU you can replace "hardly anyone" with "nobody willing to speak")

Removing the loophole for insider trading would be a specific treatment, but only dismantling the power pyramid can cure it.

"When buying and selling is subject to legislation, the first things bought and sold are the legislators."

- Murray Rothbard, I think

I agree there would still be problems. But I do think if financial compensation and opportunity were severely curbed, less people would seek those positions, and very few would have the wealth to sustain them long-term. A better class of person may be able to take those positions more often.

It's news. The DFW media is covering it.

It's crazy, though, that she could go so long without a vote and no one said anything. Kinda shows how pointless politicians are.

Wow! She should have to return her salary for those 6 months.