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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJason Chaffetz, Powerful House Republican, Wont Run in 2018
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/us/politics/jason-chaffetz-congress-utah-house-oversight.htmlBye
WASHINGTON Representative Jason Chaffetz, the powerful chairman of the House Oversight Committee, told supporters on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election to Congress or for any office in 2018.
Mr. Chaffetz, 50, a Utah Republican who plainly relished his oversight role more under a Democratic administration, said he was ready to return to the private sector after more than 13 years in public service, calling his decision a personal one.
I have long advocated public service should be for a limited time and not a lifetime or full career, he said in a statement posted on Facebook. After more than 1,500 nights away from my home, it is time.
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Jason Chaffetz, Powerful House Republican, Wont Run in 2018 (Original Post)
Eliot Rosewater
Apr 2017
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dalton99a
(81,568 posts)1. Good riddance to a traitorous asshole.
Norbert9
(494 posts)2. Most useless member of congress
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)3. He has been very useful to the GOP
Trump wouldn't be in the White House without his help
WomenRising2017
(203 posts)4. Exactly. He was the one who leaked the Comey letter
and lied about what the letter said.
Did you know that Jason once tried to join the FBI but they rejected him because he's a moron?
Good riddance to this asshole.
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)5. I think it was the Secret Service
but yeah, he's an idiot.
WomenRising2017
(203 posts)8. Oh yeah, that's right.
And yes, a complete moron.
Norbert9
(494 posts)6. Fair enough. But useless for the American people
dalton99a
(81,568 posts)7. That is true.