House Republicans divided over gathering focused on party unity

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Steve Benen is a producer for 'The Rachel Maddow Show,' the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of 'The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics.'

After Rep. Ken Buck unexpectedly announced that he was resigning from Congress, the Colorado Republican told reporters, “This place keeps going downhill and I don’t need to spend more time here.” This was not an uncommon sentiment. Since the far-right House Republican Conference took control of the chamber, legislative progress has crawled to a level unseen in nearly a century. Retirements are up. Lawmakers are struggling mightily to complete basic tasks.

” That goal might be easier to achieve if more GOP members were willing to show up. Roll Call reported: One lawmaker told reporters for Axios and Politico this week, in reference to the conference’s retreat, “I’d rather sit down with Hannibal Lecter and eat my own liver.” In other words, we’ve reached the point at which members of the House Republican Conference are divided over an event intended to unify.

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