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   Congressman Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat, is one of nearly 40   
   lawmakers leaving Congress at the end of this term.   
      
   "I deeply respect some of my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, but   
   it's harder and harder to work with them," Blumenauer told CBS News. "The   
   unending chaos in the House really takes up most of the oxygen."   
      
   "The dysfunction in the House is part of the reason why I've decided to   
   leave," said GOP Rep. Ken Buck, of Colorado. "People are lying a lot. And   
   when you call out the lies, you're the bad guy. I feel like I can do more   
   outside of Congress than inside of Congress."   
      
   "I'm at that point of my life, age-wise and career-wise, where if I have   
   one more chapter, I want to go explore it," 61-year-old Maryland Rep. John   
   Sarbanes, a Democrat, told CBS News by phone ahead of a busy week in the   
   House. Sarbanes has announced his ninth term in the House will be his   
   final one.   
      
   As Congress slogs through a year of stalemates, showdowns, acrimony and   
   the first-ever ousting of a House speaker, a wave of incumbent lawmakers   
   have announced they're walking away from their Capitol Hill careers.   
      
   The large number of retirements is troubling, said some House members and   
   staffers, because the retirees include veteran lawmakers considered to be   
   workhorses of Congress by their peers.   
      
   https://www.cbsnews.com/news/congress-retirement-numbers-growing-   
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