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Originally Posted by pr0f3n
Most of them are stepping down to get in under the wire on the new ethics regulations. If they retire this year, they only have to wait one year instead of two to cash in on lobbying gigs. |
Not most of them, some of them. I believe they had to be out before the end of last year to avoid that. That is why some of the republicans left before the end of their term.