Both voted against right-wing Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker.
for House speaker last month, with Buck emerging this year as a particularly vocal critic of his party.Granger, the 80-year-old chair of the Appropriations Committee, said in a statement it is "time for the next generation to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people."
"I plan to serve out the remainder of my term and work with our new Speaker and my colleagues to advance our conservative agenda and finish the job I was elected to do," she said.there will probably be "some others in the near future" who will announce their retirements. "I always have been disappointed with our inability in Congress to deal with major issues," he said, also criticizing fellow Republicans forBuck told Axios he wants to "have a voice outside Congress and not have to be hamstrung by what's going on in Congress."– potentially for CNN, a network on which he has appeared frequently to criticize GOP efforts to impeach President Biden.
He was first elected in 2014 and is a member of the right-wing Freedom Caucus, but has recently split with fellow members over a variety of issues.By the number:
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