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On 26 January 2016, Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) presided over a brief administrative session to postpone U.S. Senate business an additional day due to the onset of Winter Storm Jonas. While making her comments, Murkowski noted: While Murkowski's above-quoted comment is accurate, it led to two misconceptions about the Senate session on 26 January 2016: These misconceptions were illustrated in a viral Facebook video from Now This: The Washington Post reported that Senate votes scheduled for Monday were postponed until Wednesday due to the snowstorm, and while the floor was open on Tuesday for senators who wanted to speak, there were no roll call votes that day: While Sen. Murkowski's observations were true, it isn't completely accurate to say that male senators didn't show up for work, as the primary focus of Tuesday's session was to postpone business until Wednesday. Murkowski even noted that it was understandable that we would allow a period of time for our colleagues to return to the Senate due to the severe weather: The full video of Murkowski's comments also shows that several men were present in the chamber, although there were no male senators. While Murkowski and Collins were the only senators in the chamber, there were males present, including Senate Chaplain Rear Adm. Barry Black. Several other men can be seen in the chamber, although their names and positions are not known: While female senators presided over a brief session on 26 January 2016 and no male senators were present for the session, there were some men present in the Senate chamber.
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