Incoming association CEO steps down from Congress Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.) officially resigned from Congress Tuesday, telling a local newspaper that she is "very excited" to begin her next job as CEO of the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association. In an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the former member of Congress said she was bothered by criticism of her departure, which came only a few months after she was re-elected to her seat. "Number one, I don't think anybody had bothered to look at my résumé, being the only member of Congress to have senior executive experience in a trade association [the National Restaurant Association]," she told the… Read More