Sources: N.Y. Rep. Hinchey to retire (Politico)

Democratic Rep. Maurice Hinchey will retire from Congress at the end of 2012, his office announced Wednesday.

Hinchey, 73, recently completed treatment for colon cancer. He underwent a second round of surgery last week, a follow-up for an earlier operation in July. Hinchey has been declared cancer free by his doctors, according to a statement from his office.

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Hinchey will officially announce his retirement Thursday at the Senate House State Historic Site in Kingston, N.Y., where he first announced his first campaign for Congress.

Hinchey was first elected to the House in 1992 after 18 years in the New York state Assembly.

Hinchey is one of the most liberal members of the House Democratic Caucus. He also holds a senior post on the powerful Appropriations Committee.

Born in Manhattan, Hinchey came from humble roots; his father was a cement plant worker. After graduating from high school, Hinchey served in the U.S. Navy, then returned to work for two years in the same plant as his dad. In order to pay for college, Hinchey worked the night shift as a toll booth collector. Following his graduation from college, Hinchey got a job as an analyst with the New York state education department. In 1974, he made the jump to the state Assembly.

?Born to a working class family in New York City?s Lower West Side, Maurice has helped lead the effort to prevent abusive corporate practices and ensure fair economic policies that strengthen the middle class and create jobs in all sectors of the economy,? his official bio states.

Hinchey was a vocal critic of former President George W. Bush. Back home, he has been strongly opposed to the use of hydraulic fracking by oil companies drilling in New York.

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