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QUICK CLIP: Perdue Under Fire For Being “Among the Senate’s Most Absent Members”

“Senator David Perdue Has Been A Frequent No-Show”

Perdue Skipped Important Hearings and Votes To Fundraise With Wealthy Campaign Donors

Senator David Perdue is facing local scrutiny for being “a frequent no-show” in the Senate. Atlanta’s CBS 46 discovered that Perdue is “among the Senate’s most absent members,” skipping out on important hearings and missing votes in order to attend fundraisers with his wealthy campaign donors.

Senator Perdue is already facing intense scrutiny about his prolific self-dealing and favors to his special interest donors, and this latest investigation further exposes the ultra-wealthy corporate insider’s priorities. Just a few days ago, PolitiFact confirmed that Senator Perdue has never held open public town halls during his nearly six years in the Senate but does regularly sell access to his annual campaign donors. One expert bluntly told CBS 46 that “voters are typically sensitive to charges of corruption” and “those types of scandals…can hurt candidates.”

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“CBS 46 News has dug through the Congressional Record and found that Senator Perdue has been among the Senate’s most absent members, skipping hearings, missing votes — sometimes in order to attend fundraisers. Georgia Senator David Perdue has been a frequent no-show, missing important hearings on ISIS and terrorism in 2016, skipping half of the Agriculture Committee’s hearings on the 2018 Farm Bill, and missing a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Russian interference into the 2016 presidential election. In 2018, Perdue skipped a Banking Committee hearing in order to host a fundraiser for Governor Brian Kemp. In 2019, he missed two Senate hearings to attend fundraisers with wealthy donors. This one cost as much as $2,500.”

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