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Posted on 01/02/2026 9:17:41 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
GOP lawmakers are fleeing for the exit in droves, with many pointing to a Congress they argue has grown too dysfunctional and a demanding schedule that leaves little time for their families.
More than 50 lawmakers in both parties have announced decisions to leave their seats, scrambling the calculus on both sides of the aisle ahead of next year’s high-stakes midterms.
The wave of exits could be particularly ominous for Republicans in charge of the House and Senate. The number exiting is nearly on par with 2018, a dismal midterm year for the GOP.
Some lawmakers frustrated with inaction on Capitol Hill plan to run for governor and other statewide offices, while others are stepping back from public office altogether.
Those leaving include high-profile conservative and progressive firebrands such as Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), and battle-tested moderates such as Reps. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) and Jared Golden (D-Maine), who have repeatedly run for reelection and won in competitive districts.
Bacon told The Hill that a major reason he’s leaving is because he wants to “do something different,” including spending more time with his grandchildren and having a healthier lifestyle.
But while he said those were the major reasons, Congress’s problems also played a role.
“I just was ready for something new. I know my wife was. So, that’s the major reason. I think the more minor reasons are … I’ll say that the dysfunction isn’t attractive,” Bacon said.
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Imagine if they actually did any work
There’s also the fact that stealing isn’t as easy now.
Trump is making their lack of work obvious.
None of this is recent breaking news, but you can count on The Hill to keep playing the Dim’s talking points.
Beat me to it.
Headline and opening sentence: “GOP lawmakers..head for the exits...GOP lawmakers are fleeing for the exit in droves”
Body of the article itself: “More than 50 lawmakers in both parties have announced decisions to leave their seats...”
The enemy of the people strikes again
They’ve “made enough money.”
The Criminal Con Men have gotten word that The Cops Are Coming!
How many of them, both Ds and Rs are on the Somali take?
Demanding Schedule?
They take month long vacations several times a year.
“How many Democrats are heading for the exits? Anyone know? ”
Nope, but it’s probably the guilty grifters on both sides or the ones getting death threats cuz something’s up with this.
We haven’t heard Pocahontas open her trap in a couple weeks, but she won’t leave,.
Surely some university law school is in need of an ethnic American Indian female faculty member?
Yes, there is that.
Well if republicant’s don’t get off their asses and start codifying President Trumps agenda, many voters will head for the exits.
The argument of your just electing democrats if you don’t vote for the republican no longer floats since they’re all on the same team.
Poor babies. They are actually being asked to work. Entitled brats.
Typical lies. Title says GOP, but article says both.
How abut a return to Constitutionally demarked constraints? There is NO NEED for this bloated, egotistical bureaucracy or the Congress that bore it.
The Congress should be part-time. It should be housed, when in session, in sparse but comfortable barracks. Staff should be minimal.
Most debate and voting can be conducted via secure video conferencing, so in-person attendance is not required for most work. They can stay in their districts or states to be closer to their constituents.
They don’t need anything apart from Social Security and self-funded 401k types of retirement. And, they should, by default, be covered by Medicaire, for health services.
Add in term limits and you get closer to a real working government. House seats should be limited to four terms (eight years) and the Senate should be a max of two terms (twelve years).
Force the government back within Constitutional limits and you lose more than half of the current dysfunctional bureauacracy. Department of Education...gone. Department of Transportation...gone. Department of Health and Human Services...gone. And, others.
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