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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Stephen Neukam

U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady leaves Washington after 26 years of placing policymaking over headline-making

U.S. Rep Kevin Brady (R-The Woodlands) speaks during an interview in his temporary office space in the House Committee on Ways and Means offices at the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C. on November 17, 2022. Brady currently serves as the Ranking Member of the committee and is retiring at the end of the 117th Congress. (Eric Lee for the Texas Tribune)
U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, R-The Woodlands, during an interview in the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17, 2022. After 26 years, he is retiring as Congress is more polarized than ever. (Credit: Eric Lee for The Texas Tribune)

WASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Rep. Kevin Brady, of The Woodlands, has seen his party transform itself time and again over his 26 years serving in Congress.

Brady was elected in 1996, the same year President Bill Clinton was reelected. Republicans had taken over the House and Senate in the 1994 midterm elections, and under Speaker Newt Gingrich, bipartisanship was beginning to erode. Now, Brady, 67, is preparing to retire at the beginning of January with Congress more polarized than ever, and with his party at a crossroads as it considers whether to follow former President Donald Trump into another election cycle.

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