Signaling Frustration, Senior House Republican Plans to Quit Early
Source: The New York Times
In a sign of mounting frustration among Republicans in Washington, Representative Pat Tiberi of Ohio, a senior lawmaker with close ties to his partys leaders, is expected to resign and take up an executive post with a business group in his home state, according to three Republicans briefed on his plans.
An abrupt departure by Mr. Tiberi, who is an influential member of the House Ways and Means Committee, would signal a deepening level of discontent among mainstream Republicans in Congress. Despite holding Congress and the White House, Republicans have so far failed to achieve longstanding policy goals like overhauling the tax code and repealing the Affordable Care Act.
Mr. Tiberi, 54, could announce his plan to leave Congress as soon as this week, Republican officials said, though it is unclear when he intends to vacate his seat. Two Republicans who were briefed on Mr. Tiberis decision said he had indicated that he plans to join the Ohio Business Roundtable, a business consortium that announced this summer that it was searching for a new president.
Mr. Tiberi did not respond to a phone call or a text message seeking comment on Wednesday night. But some of Mr. Tiberis colleagues said that the grind of their jobs had gotten no better since Donald J. Trumps election last year, giving Republicans full control of Washington.
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Botany
(70,483 posts)Either he is leaving for a big payday, he did something bad, or
he knows that shit is gonna hit the fan and the GOP because of
Trump/Russia.
Maeve
(42,279 posts)Plus a lack of spine to stay and do anything that might actually fix what they've broken...
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)to make room for more true-believer reThugs who will obediently ASSUME THE POSITION for the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief and his russian cronies.
Sad.
Nitram
(22,776 posts)cut taxes on the wealthy but doesn't think they will achieve either goal. He could be a thug who has realized Dump turns everything he touches to shit.