She began "serving" in Congress in January, 2007. She just retired. Why the long wait when it was clear she couldn't fulfill her duties long ago?
Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service.
I won't be so nice about her departure... good riddance, you self-serving grifter. Sadly, you clearly belonged in Congress... your kind of people.
“She began “serving” in Congress in January, 2007. She just retired...Members who participated in the congressional pension system are vested after five (5) years of service.”
Worth repeating. Many in her district predicted this months ago...
I’m with you.
May God bless and keep her family.
But as a public “servant” she did nothing for her district, her state, her country, her countrymen—she served only herself and her political ilk.
We need a conservative in that seat.
Yes, she may have timed her announcement after she became vested, but in this case I wouldn't hold it against her. She was not ousted because of some scandal, she took a bullet to her head while performing her duties for her district. She has a long and expensive recovery ahead of her, and I won't begrudge her and her family trying to secure a plan for her now.
She did the right thing in retiring for herself and her district, and good wishes to her.