US Edition'Mr. Moore...Mr. Moore?': Lawmakers caught sleeping during committee meetings
- During an extensive markup session in May 2025 on a Republican budget reconciliation bill held by the House Energy and Commerce panel, several members were observed dozing off while casting their votes.
- The meeting began in the mid-afternoon, approximately 2:30 p.m. Local time, and extended for more than 20 hours with the objective of debating and voting on budget bill amendments.
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky and Rep. Debbie Dingell, both seniors, appeared to fall asleep during the session after long shifts, with Dingell saying she had been up 31 hours fighting Medicaid cuts.
- Footage showed Utah Rep. Blake Moore asleep until Minnesota Rep. Michelle Fischbach shook him awake around 5 a.m. To vote on an amendment.
- The event reflects the physical demands on lawmakers during extended sessions to amend a contentious budget bill focused on healthcare and tax policies.
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Three Lawmakers Fall Asleep During All Night Hearing - Patriot Newsfeed
In a marathon 17-hour session that blended legislative grind with moments of unintentional comedy, the House Ways and Means Committee advanced President Donald Trump’s highly anticipated “big, beautiful” bill—a sprawling package aimed at extending his signature tax cuts, tightening border security, and cracking down on financial loopholes used by illegal immigrants. But while the bill moved forward, several lawmakers literally fell asleep on the…
Live From Capitol Hill, It’s An All-Nighter That Leaves Some Lawmakers Snoring
It was Representative Blake Moore’s turn to vote, and the Utah Republican was asleep. By the time the clerk called Mr. Moore’s name, at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday, the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, which is drafting the tax portion of what President Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill,” had been meeting for some 14 hours. The vote was on one of several amendments that Democrats were trying to make to the proposal. When the clerk w…
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