Current Events > Senator Thad Cochran fecal-mattered himself.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, chairman of the powerful Appropriations Committee and a member of the Republican Party's old guard, said on Monday he will resign on April 1, putting another Republican Senate seat in play in elections this year.

"I regret my health has become an ongoing challenge, Cochran, 80, first elected to the Senate in 1978, said in a statement. "I intend to fulfill my responsibilities and commitments to the people of Mississippi and the Senate through the completion of the 2018 appropriations cycle, after which I will formally retire from the U.S. Senate."

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/03/05/republican-senator-thad-cochran-says-he-will-resign-on-april-1/23377735/

Boy on boy, the uprising against the Republicans are really pulling.
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It's a Mississippi seat, though, so I don't think this will change the Dems' chances of retaking the Senate.

Yes, I know, it happened in Alabama, but that was a bit of a special case.
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Eh, all politicians should be forced to retire when they hit 60 tbh
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NOM posted...

Eh, all politicians should be forced to retire when they hit 60 tbh

This, and if nobody wants to do that, then citizens should be legally allowed to smack politicians around, regardless of age, whenever they do or say something stupid. Fair trade.
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