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Chaffetz won't run for reelection: report
The Hill ^ | 04/19/2017 | Eliot Smilowitz

Posted on 04/19/2017 7:46:31 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) will not seek reelection in 2018, BuzzFeed News reported Wednesday morning.

Chaffetz, the House Oversight Committee chairman, played a key role in investigating Hillary Clinton during the presidential campaign. But he has resisted probing President Trump over the potential for him to profit from the presidency, noting that Trump is "already rich."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: 115th; 2018midterms; chaffetz; ut2018
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1 posted on 04/19/2017 7:46:31 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Confirmed by Chaffetz via facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/JasonChaffetz1/


2 posted on 04/19/2017 7:48:08 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Yeah unlike so many in congress who leave rich.


3 posted on 04/19/2017 7:49:17 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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To: GIdget2004

Well now... what’s up with that?


4 posted on 04/19/2017 7:51:30 AM PDT by OKSooner (It's always loaded.)
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To: GIdget2004

It isn’t called the Surrender Party for nothing.


5 posted on 04/19/2017 7:53:04 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: GIdget2004

He runs the oversight committee and with the number of investigations that are coming of Trump he just didn’t want to have to deal with the challenge of impeding them.


6 posted on 04/19/2017 7:53:19 AM PDT by babble-on
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To: GIdget2004

Being continually beaten down by lawless democrats who are in the minority has to take a toll on a person.


7 posted on 04/19/2017 7:53:35 AM PDT by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: OKSooner

3 possibilities: He was compromised; he is compromised; he got a better paying gig.


8 posted on 04/19/2017 7:55:00 AM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: GIdget2004

Running for governor or senate?


9 posted on 04/19/2017 7:55:52 AM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: GIdget2004

Stepping aside for Willard?


10 posted on 04/19/2017 7:55:59 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: babble-on
He runs the oversight committee and with the number of investigations that are coming of Trump he just didn’t want to have to deal with the challenge of impeding them.

I saw what you did there---and agree.

11 posted on 04/19/2017 7:56:26 AM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: GIdget2004

Any chance he is getting ready to run for the open senate seat?


12 posted on 04/19/2017 7:57:29 AM PDT by Helicondelta (Deplorable)
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To: COBOL2Java

In the House?..............


13 posted on 04/19/2017 7:59:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Ending a sentence with a preposition is nothing to be afraid of........)
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To: COBOL2Java

That was my first thought


14 posted on 04/19/2017 7:59:10 AM PDT by Warriormom
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To: GIdget2004

Chaffetz for senate. show Orrin the hatch.


15 posted on 04/19/2017 8:00:47 AM PDT by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: hoosiermama

Governor, probably. Apparently he isn’t interested in being in DC any longer, and has wanted to get back to the Governor’s mansion all along. He was Huntsman’s chief of staff.


16 posted on 04/19/2017 8:01:10 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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Stepping down to cash in somehow?


17 posted on 04/19/2017 8:02:14 AM PDT by KavMan
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To: GIdget2004

Conservatives are supposed to be for Congressional term limits. 2-3 terms is enough for one person.


18 posted on 04/19/2017 8:02:27 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: GIdget2004

Maybe he is trying to get ahead of the curve to stave off a Mittens run for the Senate.


19 posted on 04/19/2017 8:04:19 AM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: exit82

Hopefully he’ll be a real bad ass since he won’t have to worry about being re-elected.


20 posted on 04/19/2017 8:06:17 AM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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