Posted on 12/27/2012 4:28:18 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
Markey, 66, has served in the House since 1976 and is the dean of the Massachusetts delegation. The veteran House member announced his decision in a statement, saying, “There is so much at stake.”
“I refuse to allow the Tea Party-dominated Republican Party to lead us off the fiscal cliff and into recession,” Markey said. “I won’t allow the NRA to obstruct an assault weapons ban yet again. I will not sit back and allow oil and coal industry lobbyists to thwart our clean energy future or extremists to restrict women’s rights and health care.”
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Don’t forget that moron from Michigan John Dingell, he has been in the house for 29 terms, and his dad held the seat from 1933-1955. He is so old they walk him in, sit him down and wake him when its time to vote. He better stay in office because his pension is a fiancial cliff alone. Rat bastard.
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