The countdown begins. Another government shutdown looms. The tension on Capitol Hill is building with every second — and a key player has escaped.
It’s something straight out of a thriller — a genre Utah Republican Chris Stewart knows well as an author of multiple novels and someone who has seen his fair share of funding battles over a decade in Congress. But this time, he’s removing himself from the narrative to write a new kind of story for himself.
After his wife, Evie, suffered a stroke, Stewart announced earlier this year that he would be resigning from the House to focus on family. His last day was scheduled for Friday.
