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" The Congress is going to have to draft some O-linemen next fall, I guess. Jon Runyan, former Philadelphia Eagle, has taken to the pages of Tiger Beat On The Potomac -- The Magazine to explain why he&amp;#039;s hanging up a congressional career that, alas, is never going to be confused with that of Henry Clay. It&amp;#039;s the usual litany of both-siderism, No Labels whining about how nothing ever gets done because there is too much politics involved in our politics. I was, however, particularly piqued by this piquant passage regarding the passage of the federal relief bill aimed at helping Runyan&amp;#039;s constituency and the rest of the victims of Hurricane Sandy. And what did we get out of the Senate? A bill laden with sweeteners intended to secure yes votes from senators whose states weren&amp;#039;t even impacted by the storm. Things like money for fisheries in Alaska. Pretty soon opposition to the bill developed even as millions of Americans sifted through what remained of their possessions - those who were lucky enough to have something to sift through, that is. It took weeks for a relief package to reach the floor of the House of Representatives. Even when it was pork-free, that bill garnered 180 &amp;quot;no&amp;quot; votes - including 179 members of my own party. Many of these members had previously requested aid for their own districts following other natural disasters. I actually carried the list of those members in my lapel pocket for weeks following that vote. I can&amp;#039;t really pinpoint a specific moment when I made the decision not to seek a third term in Congress. Let me see. Of the 180 votes against helping your constituents, 179 of them came from your own party, and that&amp;#039;s even without all that dreadful Alaskan fish-pork larding up the package and providing the heartless vandals an easy excuse, and your conclusion is that the system is simply too fked to be going on with? 179 out of 180, Jon. You don&amp;#039;t have to quit Congress,but you&amp;#039;re welcome to do so, but you might have considered quitting your party. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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