GOP Congressman Abruptly Resigns In Stunning Move

By Mark Steffen

A longtime GOP congressman will be resigning his seat next month, but not before doing all he can to help secure passage of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax cut bill.

The abrupt departure by Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) will leave Republicans with a slimmer majority for the remainder of the 119th Congress. However, Green said in a lengthy announcement that he will be staying in office long enough to vote for Trump’s bill one more time.

“It is with a heavy heart that I announce my retirement from Congress. Recently, I was offered an opportunity in the private sector that was too exciting to pass up. As a result, today I notified the Speaker and the House of Representatives that I will resign from Congress as soon as the House votes once again on the reconciliation package,” he wrote on X.

Green, who chairs the Homeland Security Committee, acknowledged the importance of remaining in office long enough to pass the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” which will inevitably return with changes from U.S. Senate Republicans in the coming weeks. Trump, Johnson, and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) have agreed to try and send the bill to the president’s desk by the Fourth of July.