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McCaskill to miss votes because of husband's heart surgery
WASHINGTON • Sen. Claire McCaskill will be in St. Louis Friday when her husband, Joseph Shepard, has heart surgery.
McCaskill, D-Mo., will miss two scheduled votes, her spokesman, John LaBombard, said.
One missed vote will be the confirmation of Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., to be President Donald Trump's director of Health and Human Services. That was scheduled for late Thursday night or early Friday morning.
The other will be a procedural vote to move the debate forward on Trump's nomination of Steven Mnuchin to be treasury secretary.
Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mccaskill-to-miss-votes-because-of-husband-s-heart-surgery/article_1bf8ae6a-34e7-518a-9402-9c23f8e9a8d3.html