Article snippet: Rep. Pat Tiberi (R-Ohio) on Thursday became just the latest in a string of long-serving, influential moderate Republicans who’ve announced they are quitting Congress, a sign of growing frustration with gridlock in Washington despite full GOP control of government. Tiberi had just been named chairman of the newly created Republican Main Street Caucus, a group of business-friendly moderate Republicans; it’s unclear who will succeed him in that role. Another centrist leader, Tuesday Group Chairman MORE (R-Pa.), announced earlier that this will be his last term. “Tiberi’s retirement is bad for Congress and bad for the country,” Dent told The Hill on Thursday. “I certainly understand his reasons. Our retirements speak to a frustration among the governing wing of the party.” The Senate is also seeing the retirement of a pragmatic, dealmaking GOP lawmaker: Foreign Relations Committee Chairman MORE (R-Tenn.), who’s been engaged in a war or words with President Trump, calling the White House an “adult day care center.” “Frustration applies to all members,” said Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.), a co-chairman of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus who serves with Tiberi on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee. “But obviously there is a danger of extremism replacing governing members on both sides,” he said. “I do believe the pendulum will swing back toward the rise of the governing because gridlock places a pox on all sides.” In a statement, Tiberi said he is leaving a 17-yea... Link to the full article to read more