Mark Z. Barabak: Take this Congress and shove it! Two fed-up lawmakers say why they've had enough
The first news conference Earl Blumenauer held in Washington was a bipartisan affair, featuring the Oregon congressman alongside a fellow Democrat from Texas and Republicans from Illinois and New York.
Their topic: a plea for greater civility in Congress.
"It almost seems quaint now," Blumenauer said of that 1996 let's-join-hands moment.
The 14-term lawmaker recently announced his decision to call it quits after 27 years on Capitol Hill, part of an exodus of more than rushing the exits rather than seeking reelection.
