Nearly 40 Congressional lawmakers aren't seeking reelection in 2024... and most of them are Democrats.... Twenty-one House Democrats are opting out of another term compared to 11 Republicans.
A spokesman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, which serves the same purpose for House Democrats as the National Republican Congressional Committee does for House Republicans, didn't respond to The Epoch Times' request for comment.
"I think there is something to the fact that politics is changing. It's always changing but now more rapidly than ever. We have seen the decorum in Congress degraded, at least to us watching it through cable TV. I'm sure there have always been side comments and digs, but now it has spilled over to a former Speaker of the House elbowing a colleague or a sitting senator challenging a witness to fight in a Senate hearing," he said.
In addition to Mr. Schiff, Ms. Lee, and Ms. Porter, House Democrats leaving to pursue Senate seats include Reps.
Members-elect of the 118th Congress leave the House Chamber after three ballots failed to elect a new speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 3, 2023.
Retiring House Democrats who aren't seeking other offices include California Reps.
New York's Rep. George Santos is expected to be expelled from Congress imminently as a result of a scathing House Ethics Committee report.
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