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Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority
« on: November 10, 2017, 02:03:02 pm »
Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority
By Jonathan Easley and Scott Wong - 11/10/17 06:04 AM EST

A retirement wave has hit House Republicans, emboldening Democrats who have become increasingly bullish about their prospects of winning back a majority in 2018.

House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) on Thursday became the latest Republican to announce he would not seek another term.

The 13-term Virginian followed Reps. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), both of who announced Tuesday — hours before Republicans suffered sweeping losses at the polls — that they’d retire from Congress.

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Re: Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2017, 06:34:25 pm »
They're retiring because their terms as committee chairmen are ending, nothing more. They can't stand the thought of being a member of the rank and file in Congress.

Ergo, it's not about the country, or spending more time with their families, it's about losing power in DC.

Wish the Senate had the same rules.
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Re: Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2017, 07:16:52 pm »
What threatens the GOP House majority is a do nothing Congress ... and I think we can include the Senate and even more so.
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Re: Mounting GOP retirements threaten House majority
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2017, 02:15:25 am »
Let them retire.
Probably time for new blood, anyway.

Just be sure that we get good candidates to run as their replacements.
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