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3. If they left now rather than waiting until the end of terms, there'd be a nice D majority.

Fri Mar 6, 2026, 07:28 AM

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Maybe some medical flare-ups or family crises, but it'd provide a very brief window of opportunity for something positive to happen in Congress.

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