Six members of Congress seeking Democratic presidential nomination are finding that juggling legislative duties with demanding national campaign can wreak havoc with schedules, hurt their voting records and disrupt sleep; all except Rep Dennis J Kucinich have missed votes; Republican National Committee Web site keeps tabs of candidate's attendance records; holds Rep Richard A Gephardt has missed 89 percent of House votes this year; Republicans say that in Senate John Kerry has missed 41 percent of votes, Joseph L Lieberman 26 percent, John Edwards 20 percent and Bob Graham 14 percent.

Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards did not vote last week on any of the five initial efforts to alter the Medicare prescription drug plan that will no doubt figure in the presidential campaign. Mr. Graham voted on two and Mr. Lieberman just one.