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Title: Cheer Up, Justin Amash! There’s No Need to Cry Over One Missed Vote.
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Published: Mar 10, 2017
Author: By Osita Nwanevu
Post Date: 2017-03-31 03:47:51 by Gatlin
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Congressman Justin Amash of Michigan was speaking to the press about the GOP’s Obamacare replacement in the speaker's lobby of the House of Representatives when, as Politico reported Friday afternoon, a sudden realization dawned on him. He asked the gaggle the status of a vote on the floor. A reporter informed him that she believed a vote on an amendment was underway. Then this happened: Amash, after a 4,289 vote streak stretching back to his 2011 arrival in the House, had just missed his first vote. “When he realized his streak had just ended,” Politico’s Rachael Bade and Jennifer Haberkorn wrote, “the blunt-spoken congressman broke down in tears.”* The new streak-holder, Arkansas Rep. Steve Womack, released a statement immediately. “I am humbled by the opportunity to serve my constituents and thank God that no personal hardships have kept me from representing them on a single vote since taking office,” Amash's fellow Republican said. Why was Amash brought to tears? Does he genuinely believe missing a single vote in more than half a decade is a substantive fault on his record? Politico implies, and Amash would certainly have voters believe, this is the case—he is “one of the few House members who personally justifies and explains his every vote on his Facebook page for constituents.” This suggests a commitment to the service of others that might have puzzled one of Amash’s idols, Ayn Rand, whose portrait he hangs in his congressional office. Amash has praised the author of The Virtue of Selfishness for her vision of a society where limited government makes possible the unleashing of “rational heroes.” It is plausible that Amash will be turning to the consoling words of one Randian hero to console himself tonight. “I came here to say that I do not recognize anyone's right to one minute of my life,” Howard Roark says in The Fountainhead. “No matter who makes the claim, how large their number or how great their need.” The need for Amash's voice on this vote, which failed 225 to 185, with 19 not voting, was perhaps not that great. *Correction, March 10, 2017: This post originally misspelled Rachael Bade’s first name.
Rep. Justin Amash, far right, exits the Senate chamber on Capitol Hill on May 31, 2015.
Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAmash immediately sprinted into the chamber and tried to put his card in the voting slot to cast his yea or nay, but the vote had closed.
Amash approached floor staff and leadership to see if they could either re-open the vote or call it again. Staff said there was no precedent for doing so. Amash hung his head low and was overcome with emotion, those on the floor told POLITICO.
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#2. To: Gatlin (#0)
Why do you deliberately distort these photos? Slate used a photo of 1180x832 pixels. You went to some effort and specified 760x432 pixels: Here is the same photo with height (only) of 432 pixels (and the width not specified to allow the browser(s) to auto-resize the image to preserve correct aspect ratio). Firefox decided it should display it (correctly) at 603x432: Just specify with desired width or height (but not both) and the browsers will resize the other parameter to maintain aspect ratio. This is the way they've worked for many years. Only if the original image is already badly distorted should you specify both width and height.
Firefox decided it should display it … I don’t use firefox. If the size is given on the original picture, I simply downsize it by percentage to keep it from blowing off the right side of the page. If no size is given….I just do a hit and miss guess. I even take the trouble to go to the page source and try to find the size….but it is not always stated there either. I will try next time just to specify the width, as you suggest….which of course is my concern and see how it work. Thanks….you are okay. At times … When you are not on the rag … Edit: I try to keep the with under 750 so the picture will not drop below the side bar if there are few posts on the thread or if I am posting a new article. And below 900 if I am posting below the side bar … I never “distort” just for “presentation effect” … meaning, to make something look bad.
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