Michigan Rep. Justin Amash gets emotional after missing vote

Published March 10, 2017 8:03pm ET



Michigan Republican Rep. Justin Amash was so upset about missing a vote on Friday that he was seen being visibly emotional at the Capitol.

The House Freedom Caucus member had not missed a roll call vote since coming to Congress in 2011, making him the reigning vote champion with 4,289 votes. That was until Friday when, according to Politico, Amash was so busy holding court with reporters against the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act winding its way through the House that he didn’t notice a vote was ending.

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