Hold the phone, Kagen multi-tasking [Green Bay Press-Gazette NEWpolitics blog]
by Karen Lincoln Michel, NEWpolitics blog
It’s not unusual for U.S. Rep. Steve Kagen to get beeped and have to rush to the House floor for a vote.
But on Wednesday night, the freshman congressman from Appleton voted on an education bill while talking to an estimated 9,000 callers on his first town hall meeting via telephone.
In the nearly 50-minute call, Kagen took questions on subjects including healthcare, gas prices, jobs, veteran benefits and Social Security.
At one point, he told the call to continue while he switched to a wireless phone, which took a couple seconds. When he resumed, he said he was putting on his suit jacket and heading to the floor to cast his vote. While he answered a question on free trade, it sounded as if he was walking down a set of stairs.
“I’m going down the middle of the aisle,” he said a few minutes later, “…if you’re watching on C-Span…”
Read the full report at the Green Bay Pres-Gazette’s NEWpolitics blog
