State Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)
( North Dakota Monitor) – North Dakota’s House majority leader urged a state lawmaker to forgo her legislative pay for a week of the session she missed while taking a family vacation.
Rep. Lori VanWinkle, R-Minot, returned after missing five days at the Capitol to go with her family on an annual vacation.
House Majority Leader Rep. Mike Lefor, R-Dickinson, said he met with VanWinkle to ask where she had been.
“She indicated to me that she was on vacation, and I said, ‘That’s inappropriate for a legislator to take vacation during a legislative session.’”
VanWinkle defended her absence and said she’s being unfairly criticized for spending time with her family.
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