AP: Kennedy Won't Make Final Vote
Sen. Ted Kennedy, in treatment in FL for brain cancer, won't make it to Washington to vote on the economic stimulus package, a spokeswoman said today.
Per the AP:
Kennedy spokeswoman Melissa Wagoner said Friday that Kennedy was continuing his treatment and physical rehabilitation in warmer weather.The Massachusetts Democrat has been working from Florida recently, and had returned to the Senate on Monday for an earlier stimulus vote.
Wagoner said Kennedy probably won't be on hand for the final vote since Democrats don't need his vote for final passage. She said Kennedy will travel back and forth until the weather gets warmer in Washington.
Kennedy suffered a seizure on Inauguration Day last month.
Without Kennedy, and with the three previously-committed Republican senators, the Democrats are expected to hit 60 votes for the bill. No more, no less. A Senate vote could come this evening.
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