KINGSTON, N.Y. The residents of New Yorks 19th Congressional District have some questions about the health care bill that House Republicans passed last week . Unfortunately for them, Rep. John Faso, the local Republican who voted for the legislation , isnt around to answer them right now.

Congress is on recess this week, but most House Republicans arent holding open town hall meetings in their districts. Seeing an opportunity to make hay over the unpopular bill , Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, a Democrat from New Yorks neighboring 18th District, paid a visit to Fasos home territory Monday evening for an event organized by Maloneys re-election campaign and local progressive groups.

Hey, listen. I have a question for you. Im Representative Sean Patrick Maloney. Where the heck is your congressman? he said. As of tonight, I have now done more open, no-holds-barred public town hall meetings in New York 19 than John Faso has.

Billed as a town hall, Mondays gathering was more akin to a rally. Maloney stoked the friendly audience into applause, whoops and hollers as he took questions and speechified over the course of more than 90 minutes.

Maloney hatched this Adopt a District plan during an appearance on MSNBCs The Rachel Maddow Show last week, and it might catch on. In Arizona, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D) is expected to travel to the district of Rep. Martha McSally (R) for a public event Tuesday.

The crowd seemed happy to hear Maloneys criticism of the American Health Care Act and his jabs at Faso, who the Democrat said was attending a fundraiser in Albany that night. You may have noticed we have two stools here, Maloney said at one point. One is for me. This one is for John Faso, in case he shows up.