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Missed Votes Become Campaign Fodder

By John McArdle
Roll Call Staff
Nov. 5, 2009, Midnight

The possibility of a Saturday vote on the health care bill in the House isn’t especially enticing to anyone who has to shuffle their weekend plans. But it presents a particular inconvenience for those Members already in the thick of their 2010 campaign schedules.

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