When Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma business owner, was trying to stand out in a crowded Republican primary in 2011, he made a striking promise: If voters sent him to Congress, he said, he would serve for just three terms before heading for the exit.
“The only way we can do that is make sure that we have people in key places,” Mullin said in a video announcing his turnabout. “And the first lesson I learned up there is, you got to build relationships.”
It was the beginning of an arc in Congress th… [7550 chars]
Source: The Boston Globe | Published: 2026-03-09T20:23:43Z
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