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NRCC Chair: House GOP retirements "not a big deal"
NRCC Chairman Steve Stivers says Republicans might lose "a seat or two."
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Steve Stivers
NRCC Chair: House GOP retirements "not a big deal"
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WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 25:  Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) delivers remarks during the U.S. Conference of Mayors 86th annual Winter Meeting at the Capitol Hilton January 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Flake spoke during the conference's Childhood Obesity Prevention Awards Luncheon which was sponsored by the American Beverage Association, whose members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages. The non-partisan conference of mayors from cities with populations of 300,000 or larger meet annually in Washington, DC.  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Flake: the choice was embrace Trump, or retire
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21:  U.S. Rep. Ryan Costello (R-PA) (2nd L) speaks as (L-R) Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) and Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) listen during a news conference at the Capitol March 21, 2018 in Washington, DC. Senate Republicans held a news conference to discuss their legislative "proposal to lower health insurance premiums in the individual health insurance market."  (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Retiring Republican: Capitol Hill is 'toxic'
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 07: Ileana Ros-Lehtinen speaks during the Oxfam Sisters on the Planet Summit awards ceremony & reception at the Rayburn House Office Building on March 7, 2012 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Kris Connor/Getty Images)
An essential part of the job in Congress
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MIAMI, FL - JANUARY 30:  Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) speaks to the media as she criticizes President Donald Trump's new executive order barring US entry for natives of seven Muslim-majority countries as she makes her way to her Washington, DC flight at Miami International Airport on January 30, 2017 in Miami, Florida. Ros-Lehtinen said among other things that any future executive order from President Donald Trump on any issue should comply with existing laws and regulations.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
'I'm not a Trumpian. I'm a Republican'
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Late-night hosts say goodbye to Paul Ryan
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GOP lawmaker's announcement 'upstaged' by Ryan
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Gowdy: 'I like jobs where facts matter'
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title: Senator Hatch Office - An announcement from Senator Orrin G. Hatch. #utpol duration: 11:13:47 site: Twitter author: null published: Wed Dec 31 1969 19:00:00 GMT-0500 (Eastern Daylight Time) intervention: yes description: null
Hatch retirement may lead to GOP civil war in Utah
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UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 13: Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-Texas, attends a House Judiciary Committee hearing in Rayburn Building on the Justice Department's investigation of Russia's interference in the 2016 election featuring testimony by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on December 13, 2017. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call) (CQ Roll Call via AP Images)
Rep. Farenthold announces plan to retire
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GOP lawmaker: Trump complicates 2018 midterms
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 26: Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) questions witnesses during a House Judiciary Committee hearing concerning the oversight of the U.S. refugee admissions program, on Capitol Hill, October 26, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Trump administration is expected to set the fiscal year 2018 refugee ceiling at 45,000, down from the previous ceiling at 50,000. It would be the lowest refugee ceiling since Congress passed the Refugee Act of 1980. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
John Conyers announces his retirement
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MESA, AZ - APRIL 13:  U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) speaks at a town hall event at the Mesa Convention Center on April 13, 2017 in Mesa, Arizona. It was the first such event this year for Flake, who is up for re-election in 2018, as Republican lawmakers across the country have been confronted with angry voters in similar settings.  (Photo by Ralph Freso/Getty Images)
Sen. Flake: I will not be complicit or silent
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WH on Flake retirement: Probably a good move
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