Politics

A final vote, as lawmakers wrap up their careers in Congress

As the U.S. House left town for the year on Thursday afternoon, it was a bittersweet day for many lawmakers who were wrapping up their careers in the Congress, as they said goodbye to friends, co-workers and colleagues and looked back with a smile at their time on Capitol Hill.

“I won’t miss the circus, but I will miss the clowns,” chuckled retiring Rep. Ander Crenshaw (R-FL), who did not run for re-election after 16 years in the House.

“I’ve got mixed emotions,” Crenshaw told me with his trademark wry smile on his face. “But I leave with a great sense