Source: NEWS & OBSERVER, 12/17/18

Rep. Walter Jones, a Republican who represents much of Eastern North Carolina, will miss the rest of the congressional term with an illness. Jones, who turns 76 in February, has not cast a roll call vote since Sept. 26, missing the last 27 roll call votes in the House including some in late September and since the House re-convened in November. The House voted to approve the 2018 farm bill on Dec. 12, though many of the votes Jones has missed have been ceremonial, such as renaming a wildlife refuge and adding to the National Register of Historic Places.

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