WASHINGTON — Eleven are running for the Senate. Five for state or local office. One for president of the United States. Another is resigning to become a university president. And more and more say they are hanging up their hats in public office altogether.
More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will not
seek reelection next year, some to pursue other offices and many others simply to get out of Washington. Twelve have announced their plans just
this month.
The wave of lawmakers across chambers and parties announcing they intend
to leave Congress comes at a time of breathtaking dysfunction on Capitol Hill, primarily instigated by House Republicans. The House GOP majority
spent the past few months deposing its leader, waging a weekslong internal war to select a new speaker and struggling to keep federal funding
flowing. Right-wing members have rejected any spending legislation that
could become law and railed against their new leader for turning to Democrats, as his predecessor did, to avert a government shutdown.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/members-of- congress-head-for-the-exits-many-citing-dysfunction/
On 11/28/23 04:03, useapen wrote:
WASHINGTON — Eleven are running for the Senate. Five for state or
local office. One for president of the United States. Another is
resigning to become a university president. And more and more say
they are hanging up their hats in public office altogether.
More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will
not seek reelection next year, some to pursue other offices and many
others simply to get out of Washington. Twelve have announced their
plans just this month.
The wave of lawmakers across chambers and parties announcing they
intend to leave Congress comes at a time of breathtaking dysfunction
on Capitol Hill, primarily instigated by House Republicans. The House
GOP majority spent the past few months deposing its leader, waging a
weekslong internal war to select a new speaker and struggling to keep
federal funding flowing. Right-wing members have rejected any
spending legislation that could become law and railed against their
new leader for turning to Democrats, as his predecessor did, to avert
a government shutdown.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/members-of-
congress-head-for-the-exits-many-citing-dysfunction/
There is much truth in this.
On 11/28/23 04:03, useapen wrote:
WASHINGTON — Eleven are running for the Senate. Five for state or local
office. One for president of the United States. Another is resigning to
become a university president. And more and more say they are hanging up
their hats in public office altogether.
More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will not
seek reelection next year, some to pursue other offices and many others
simply to get out of Washington. Twelve have announced their plans just
this month.
The wave of lawmakers across chambers and parties announcing they intend
to leave Congress comes at a time of breathtaking dysfunction on Capitol
Hill, primarily instigated by House Republicans. The House GOP majority
spent the past few months deposing its leader, waging a weekslong internal >> war to select a new speaker and struggling to keep federal funding
flowing. Right-wing members have rejected any spending legislation that
could become law and railed against their new leader for turning to
Democrats, as his predecessor did, to avert a government shutdown.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/members-of-
congress-head-for-the-exits-many-citing-dysfunction/
There is much truth in this.
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