Ken Buck
Former Colorado Rep. Ken Buck.
  • Former GOP Rep. Ken Buck continues to criticize what he says is the dysfunction of the House.
  • He recently told WaPo he got "more good work done" when Democrats led the lower chamber.
  • Buck, who compiled a mostly conservative voting record, retired from Congress last month.

It hasn't even been a month since former Colorado GOP Rep. Ken Buck departed Congress. But the hits keep on coming.

Amid a slew of recent criticism of the Republican-controlled House — including his contention that the institution "keeps going downhill" — the conservative recently made a remarkable claim regarding his own effectiveness while he served in the chamber.