Veteran retirements highlight how much Congress has made itself powerless

Published March 16, 2014 12:00am ET



Stay in any job for six decades and you’re bound to be a bit jaded when you finally retire.

“I find serving in the House to be obnoxious,” Rep. John Dingell recently told the Detroit News. “It’s become very hard because of the acrimony and bitterness, both in Congress and in the streets.” So he’s stepping aside, after 59 years.

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