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This Arizona Democrat is the first House member to announce retirement for 2022

Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick announced Friday that she would not seek reelection in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, a once swingy Tucson-area seat that has trended hard to the left over the last few years but could look quite different next year.

Kirkpatrick is the first House member from either party to announce her retirement for this cycle; Texas Democratic Rep.

DeJoy insults committee members as he asks for more money to carry out his Postal Service sabotage

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy was slightly less bombastic than the last time he testified in front of a House oversight committee, when he declared he was going to be in this job for “a long time. Get used to me.” He was marginally less obnoxious on Thursday, when he testified before the House Appropriations subcommittee on financial service. He even attempted contrition, sort of.

Michigan Democratic Rep. Brenda Lawrence, a former U.S.