[big'ol_freeper]

Yes, but traitor Sen. Murkowski, who was going to vote ‘No’ will vote ‘Present’ so that he doesn’t have to come back to vote.

[mplc51]

If no rats show up, 51 needed. The Montana Senator may be needed.

[b4me]

not exactly. her voting present doesn’t do anything in reality, only in her mind and she is only doing it because her vote doesn’t matter anyway, if it did she would not be voting present.

[be-baw]

“Yes, but traitor Sen. Murkowski, who was going to vote ‘No’ will vote ‘Present’ so that he doesn’t have to come back to vote.”

I heard this morning on F&F that that is referred to as a “shared vote,” a process whereby one senator, as a favor to another, agrees to vote “present,” so that the absent senator can skip the vote, for whatever reason. It was a described as a professional courtesy, or perhaps just another arcane senate custom.

[caww]

Murkowski is a coward unable to stand on her own two feet.......she’s not ‘giving’ anything for Daines....the issue was already resolved before her statement. She simply looked for an ‘escape’.

[Eroteme]

Actually, what Murkowski stated was that she would initially vote no, then afterwards, submit for a change to record her vote as “present.”

I am not at all comfortable with just her word on this.