WASHINGTON â If a series of life-threatening situations hasnât motivated Congress to plan for the worst, what could?
Such scenarios are not abstract. A gunman opened fire at an early morning baseball practice in June 2017 targeting Republican lawmakers and severely injuring then-House Majority Whip Steve Scalise.
The next year, a train carrying much of the Senate GOP caucus to a retreat crashed into a truck. One person died, but it could have been worse. In January 2021, a mob of Donald Trump supporters set up a gallows on the Capitol grounds and violently overtook the Capitol, in search of Democratic leaders and Republicans they viewed as insufficiently loyal to the outgoing president.
Republican U S Rep Kevin Brady will retire from Congress at the end of his term
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Republican U S Rep Kevin Brady will retire from Congress at the end of his term
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