{"id":2800,"date":"2024-10-28T08:18:12","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T08:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=2800"},"modified":"2024-10-28T08:18:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T08:18:12","slug":"in-their-own-words-what-its-like-in-a-chaos-congress-and-why-these-lawmakers-keep-coming-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/?p=2800","title":{"rendered":"In their own words: What it\u2019s like in a \u2018chaos\u2019 Congress and why these lawmakers keep coming back"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div id=\"tncms-region-global-container-top\" class=\"tncms-region \">\n<div id=\"tncms-block-3024388\" class=\"tncms-block\">\n<div class=\"tsAlertCarousel has-controls alert alert-dismissible\" role=\"alert\">\n<div id=\"alert-carousel-3024388\" class=\"carousel slide\" data-ride=\"carousel\" data-interval=\"4500\">\n<div id=\"alert-slides-3024388\" class=\"carousel-inner\">\n<div class=\"item active\" data-dismissid=\"f42b6f7c-93e2-11ef-b8fe-53ddec1b8b0e\" data-lpos=\"alert|\">\n<div class=\"alertItem breaking\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"asset-d9f5d3f6-78ab-5875-8db1-87036901f001\" class=\"asset article-default\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/world\/united-states\/in-their-own-words-what-its-like-in-a-chaos-congress-and-why-these-lawmakers\/article_d9f5d3f6-78ab-5875-8db1-87036901f001.html\">\n<div class=\"asset-masthead \" data-lpos=\"asset|header\">\n<header class=\"asset-header\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"metaPrimary metaInstance1\" data-lpos=\"asset|header\">\n<div class=\"metaContainer\" data-pubinfo=\"null\">\n<div class=\"iconsContainer\">\n<div class=\"saveIcon\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"tsArticleContainer migrated star true\" data-length=\"69\" data-lpos=\"asset|body\">\n<div class=\"articleMainArt \" data-lpos=\"asset|main-multimedia\">\n<div class=\"asset-photo card\" data-lpos=\"asset|main-multimedia\">\n<figure class=\"photo layout-horizontal hover-expand letterbox-style-white\">\n<div class=\"image\" data-toggle=\"modal\" data-photo-target=\".photo-459d18e8-b605-5cb3-9ac7-c76aa0da5de1\" data-instance=\"#gallery-items-d9f5d3f6-78ab-5875-8db1-87036901f001-photo-modal\" data-target=\"#photo-carousel-d9f5d3f6-78ab-5875-8db1-87036901f001\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2801 aligncenter\" title=\"671f121e8058b.image_\" src=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671f121e8058b.image_.jpg\" alt=\"671f121e8058b.image_\" width=\"1280\" height=\"785\" srcset=\"http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671f121e8058b.image_.jpg 1280w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671f121e8058b.image_-300x184.jpg 300w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671f121e8058b.image_-1024x628.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/forefrontnews.cn\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/671f121e8058b.image_-768x471.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption id=\"mainCaption_459d18e8-b605-5cb3-9ac7-c76aa0da5de1\" class=\"captionNew\">FILE &#8211; Rep. 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