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Texas Rep. Kay Granger Found At Senior Living Facility After Missing Months Of Crucial Votes [View all]

Source: Huff Post

Dec 22, 2024, 03:45 PM EST

After nearly five months without casting a vote, the case of absentee congresswoman Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) appears to have been solved.

In an investigation published on Friday, The Dallas Express revealed that it had found that the outgoing legislator was living at an assisted living home in Fort Worth, Texas.

The paper made its discovery while trying to track down Granger, 81, to learn how she was voting on a contentious stop-gap spending bill which had put factions of the Republican party at odds with one another.

Granger has represented Texas’ 12th Congressional District since 1997 and is set to retire from her role at the end of this term. Looking into the congressional roll call, the outlet found that the former mayor of Fort Worth’s last vote in Washington, D.C., was on July 24.

Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-kay-granger-senior-living-facility-dementia_n_67684ef6e4b0a0e013ac53ae

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Texas Rep. Kay Granger Found At Senior Living Facility After Missing Months Of Crucial Votes [View all] BumRushDaShow Dec 22 OP

Guessing she's been collecting a paycheck leftieNanner Dec 22 #1

Sounds like welfare IronLionZion Dec 22 #6

The only good repuglicon is erronis Dec 22 #2

That's why she didn't tell anyone. She was actually somewhat decent. Her predecessor is not. LeftInTX Dec 22 #8

Is it legal to receive federal pay... FeelingBlue Dec 22 #3

Yes. It happens alot. LeftInTX Dec 22 #9

The House have their own rules IbogaProject Dec 23 #22

she is a Texas repuke so probably an asshole, I don't know anything about her Kali Dec 22 #4

One of her constituents said she wasn't too bad. She was the former mayor of Ft Worth. Her predecessor sounds bad. LeftInTX Dec 22 #10

see post 11 niyad Dec 22 #12

She was one of the 8 who spent July 4, 2018, in moscow with putler. niyad Dec 22 #11

The guy who is replacing her is much worse. LeftInTX Dec 22 #14

I understnd that. I was simply responding to the poster who knew nothing niyad Dec 22 #16

Thread here LeftInTX Dec 22 #18

Sen. Phil Gramm, who decided to retire just oasis Dec 22 #20

Yes. Ugh..... LeftInTX Dec 22 #21

So...who's been doing her job. raccoon Dec 22 #5

Talk about unnecessary spending! Diamond_Dog Dec 22 #7

So nobody noticed she was missing for months? Or did they just assume niyad Dec 22 #13

They kept that hush hush out of the news BumRushDaShow Dec 22 #15

Understood. niyad Dec 22 #17

No proxy votes. I think she didn't want Abbott to call a special election. Her replacement would have won. LeftInTX Dec 22 #19

The GOP-controlled House refused to allow proxy voting during their 118th Congressional session BumRushDaShow Dec 23 #24

Yeah. Pretty sure they knew. But there is nothing illegal about what she did. LeftInTX Dec 23 #27

"I think she was afraid she would be pressured into resigning." BumRushDaShow Dec 23 #28

Odd story. She is being cared for and feel for anyone whose life ends riversedge Dec 23 #23

The issue isn't so much that you have members who are only "human" BumRushDaShow Dec 23 #25

My opinion is that the Republicans were fully aware of the situation... Hugin Dec 23 #26

Exactly. BumRushDaShow Dec 23 #29

Never understood those that can't retire madville Dec 23 #30