Democratic U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez said she backed the Republican bill to avert a government shutdown passed by the U.S. House on Friday.

But the roll call results show her not voting .

She tried, but was too late. The effort, captured on video, shows her sprinting to the podium in front of the dais, waving to get the attention of the presiding officer to cast her vote. The voting period had ended.

Now, she plans to submit comments for the Congressional Record explaining what occurred and her stance on the seven-week stopgap spending bill that did pass 217-212.

“I was on the floor casting a ‘yes’ vote, but my vote was not acknowledged by the presiding officer,” Gluesenkamp Perez said in a statement released by her office. Gluesenkamp Perez, of Skamania County, represen

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