The following is an AFP report: Independent US Senator Joseph Lieberman, an observant Jew, planned to walk to and from any vote on the economic stimulus plan that falls on the Jewish Sabbath, an aide said today.
Lieberman, who keeps kosher and attends orthodox synagogue in Washington and his home state of Connecticut, will not miss the vote, which was expected to come well after nightfall, said the aide.
"He has always made sure that, on a critical vote like this, if it falls on the Sabbath, he will vote. He will not miss it," the aide, who requested anonymity.
The exact timing of the Senate vote was unclear, because it hinged in part on the return of Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown from a memorial service for his mother, but congressional aides pinned it at around 10 pm.
Lieberman, who reportedly does not write or ride the elevators at the capitol on the Sabbath, has walked to critical Senate sessions before, such as the 1999 impeachment trial of then-president Bill Clinton.
As Democratic White House hopeful Al Gore's running mate in 2000 -- and the first Jewish vice presidential candidate -- Lieberman said he would perform official duties on the Sabbath but would not campaign.
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