"It was a personality vote on the president, not an issue vote, and that doesn't change," Representative Kevin Yoder of Kansas said of the affluent voters in his Kansas City-area district who voted him out.
"Times have changed," said Representative Steve Chabot, Republican of Ohio and a chief advocate of the measure in the House.
"It is past time to face the fact that the nature of the threat has changed," said Representative Jane Harman, the California Democrat and an expert on terrorism, last week.
"It has little practical effect, because the law hasn't changed," said Representative Robert Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who is one of three Cuban-American members of Congress.
"Connecticut has changed things," Representative Frank R. Wolf, a Virginia Republican and a frequent critic of what he terms the shocking violence of games, said in an interview.
"I certainly think that the level of rhetoric and the environment for having the discussion has changed," said Representative Mick Mulvaney, Republican of South Carolina.
"All that has changed," said Representative Edward J. Markey, Democrat of Massachusetts, who has been a frustrated advocate for automobile fuel efficiency and energy conservation legislation in his 15 terms in Congress.
King is a former Oxford professor and government chief scientific adviser who, these days, is special climate change representative for the foreign secretary, William Hague.
The chairman of a subcommittee that oversees issues related to climate change, Representative John Shimkus of Illinois is — you guessed it — a climate-change denier.
For all his big numbers on spending reductions and tax changes, Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, chairman of the House Budget Committee, included few details or instructions to make them happen.
