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Sen. Dianne Feinstein told to 'just say aye' in awkward Senate committee moment > During a Senate Appropriations Committee markup of bills Thursday morning, Feinstein seemed to stumble on a vote. Instead of saying the expected response of “aye” or “nay,” she began to deliver a speech expressing her support of the measure: “I would like to support a ‘yes’ vote on this. It provides $823 billion ...” > > About 15 seconds into Feinstein’s speech, an aide whispered in her ear. Committee chair Patty Murray, D-Wash., then told Feinstein: “Just say aye.”

A Congresswoman With Dementia Stopped Coming to Work. The DC Press Corps Never Noticed.

> In 2023, a small website called The Dallas Express picked up a startling allegation: Texas Rep. Kay Granger, one of the most powerful GOP members of Congress, was struggling with dementia. > > For months, she’d been living in an assisted-living facility in Texas that also includes memory care. A reporter was sent to the facility. “We fully expected them to just basically escort him out,” Putnam said. “But no, they sent a representative out and they acknowledged it.”

Missing US congressman explains mysterious four-month absence

> A Republican congressman who missed dozens of votes while on unexplained medical leave has said he was in hospital for depression during his 142-day absence. > > "I was given the diagnosis of depression," New Jersey's Tom Kean said in remarks on the House floor after returning to work on Tuesday. "It is physical, it is emotional and, until you've experienced it yourself, it is difficult to fully understand how powerful this illness can be."

Mitch McConnell Was Found Unconscious Before He Was Rushed to Hospital

> Senator Mitch McConnell was found unconscious before he was rushed to the hospital last month. > > Punchbowl News reports that the former Senate majority leader, who is retiring after his current term ends in January, lost consciousness at his Washington, D.C., home at 8:36 a.m. on June 14, before a dispatcher sent over an Advanced Life Support ambulance. Journalist Desiree Townsend posted a recording of the call from the emergency dispatcher Tuesday afternoon to X.

What are your thoughts on these situations where a sitting member of Congress maintains their seat while either being severely mentally impaired or physically absent for months?

Should an absence of X days automatically unseat the Congressperson and trigger a special election for their replacement? What would you like such a rule to be?

Announcement:

> Finally, we are aware that the community has taken notice of The Fantasticar. It isn't lost on us that this is a card that plays very well with the fast mana and colorless artifact enablers of Eternal formats. We expect that the card has a higher risk of ruin in Vintage than in Legacy, but this announcement should be taken as a demonstration that we are willing to act quickly in the event that a card proves to be an obvious detriment to either format.

Absent a banning of The Fantasticar, I do not understand that bolded bit. Not banning a newly released card does not demonstrate that they're willing to act quickly. Banning Candelabra of Tawnos does not demonstrate that they are willing to act quickly. So far as I can tell, nothing in the Legacy section indicates that they are willing to act quickly...yet they claim the announcement demonstrates that they are.

Can anyone give a reasonable account of that bolded bit?

Does anyone else feel like it reads as if an earlier draft included a Fantasticar ban, but they changed their mind and revised that paragraph poorly sunday night or monday morning? Such a banning would demonstrate that they are willing to act quickly. The absence of such a ban makes that bolded bit a confusing inclusion.

This thread is not meant to be a continuing discussion of banning cards, but rather is intended as a discussion of the bolded bit of that last paragraph. How does this announcement demonstrate that they are willing to act quickly?

Edit: Added emphasis since folks are talking about bans in general and not the last paragraph.