Retiring U.S. Rep. Kay Granger, R-Fort Worth, has missed votes in Congress since the summer and her son said she has been “having some dementia issues late in the year.” The last time the 81-year-old congresswoman cast a vote on the House floor was the morning of July 24. In other news, Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with The Apprentice, is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration; Despite beating the Tampa Bay Bucs Sunday night, the Cowboys have been eliminated from the playoff race; And the Texas Rangers sent first baseman Nathaniel Lowe to Washington in exchange for lefty reliever Robert Garcia, the second lefty offspeed savant acquired by the club in a week. The 28-year old Garcia pitched 59 2/3 innings for Washington last year with a 4.22 ERA.

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