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Some advice for the new Congress from former members of each side Steve Israel, opinion contributor © Getty Images Some advice for the new Congress from former members of each side "We can be 30 year members," a lawmaker from New York told me two decades ago when I was sworn into Congress. He said that barring any major problem, like an illness, a scandal, or an unfavorable redistricting, we could spend three decades, if not more, in the House. Dozens of new members of Congress have started their own legislative branch careers. Some will be 30 year members. Some will not ma...

GOP Rep Slams Trump for Doubling Back on Stimulus Checks, Says White House Rejected $2K On 12/23/20 at 5:05 PM EST Calling into radio's Joe Piscopo Show, the New York Republican said he agreed with those who think the $600 stimulus checks approved by lawmakers Monday aren't enough but criticized the president for threatening to not sign the legislation. "Why didn't the president say this before? Why did his administration say it had to be $600?" King asked. "They were the ones driving this." The retiring congressman added: "Nancy Pelosi wanted $2,000 all along, and I'm not a Pelosi fan. Bern...

And with that he sat down. speaker boehner got up and said based on what was just said we're going to move to postpone election for speaker. he got up and banged the gavel and said conference dismissed. >> as the meeting came to an abrupt end and stunned republicans started to file out, pandemonium, absolute pandemonium descended on capitol hill. lawmakers and reporters alike trying to absorb what had just happened. the reaction from members was nearly unanimous. >> shock. i think a lot of people were shocked. >> there was shock. there was total silence, that people absolutely could not believ...

>> absolutely stunned. did not see that coming. >> "washington post" reporter robert costa tweeted "representative peter king tells me members are crying in the cloak room, unable to handle the unrest and confusion. a banana republic," he says. according to one house republican, some of his colleagues might literally have had no clue what was going on when mccarthy made his announcement. >> he was not speaking as closely into the microphone as he probably should have so a lot of people didn't even hear what he said. a lot of members just looked in the room and didn't even realize what had happ...

Based on what was just said we're going to move to postpone election for speaker. he got up and banged the gavel and said conference dismissed. >> as the meeting came to an abrupt end and stunned republicans started to file out, pandemonium, absolute pandemonium descended on capitol hill. lawmakers and reporters alike trying to absorb what had just happened. the reaction from members was nearly unanimous. >> shock. i think a lot of people were shocked. >> there was shock. there was total silence, that people absolutely could not believe what they were hearing. >> his strongest supporters were ...