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Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings put spotlight on Senate's most elderly
Former Senator Byrd of West Virginia died in office, over 51 years in office from 1959 to his death in 2010, he was 92 years old?!!
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are underway this week. Like most such event these are just for show — every senator already knows how they are going to vote, and those participating are mostly just using it as an opportunity to grandstand, maybe get some viral video they can use to rev their respective bases up.
One thing these hearings make apparent, however, is just how incredibly old the members of the Senate are. As , the average age of the first five speakers at the hearing was 80 years. They included Democrat Dick Durbin (77), Republican Chuck Grassley (88), Democrat Pat Leahy (81), Republican Lindsey Graham (a sprightly 66), and Democrat Dianne Feinstein (88).
California Senator Dianne Feinstein, as many have noted, was born the same year the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, and several years before the construction of the Hoover Dam.
In general, members of both the Senate and the House are older today than they ever have been. The average Senator is now 64, while the average House member is 59. Both chambers have added roughly a decade to their average age since the beginning of the 1980s, while overall life expectancies have increased by only five years. So you might say that the typical U.S. legislator today is closer to death than they were 40 years ago.
https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/congress-is-old-as-heck?s=r
Both of these old farts are 88 years old and should not be legislating?!!
Former Senator Byrd of West Virginia died in office, over 51 years in office from 1959 to his death in 2010, he was 92 years old?!!
Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson are underway this week. Like most such event these are just for show — every senator already knows how they are going to vote, and those participating are mostly just using it as an opportunity to grandstand, maybe get some viral video they can use to rev their respective bases up.
One thing these hearings make apparent, however, is just how incredibly old the members of the Senate are. As , the average age of the first five speakers at the hearing was 80 years. They included Democrat Dick Durbin (77), Republican Chuck Grassley (88), Democrat Pat Leahy (81), Republican Lindsey Graham (a sprightly 66), and Democrat Dianne Feinstein (88).
California Senator Dianne Feinstein, as many have noted, was born the same year the Golden Gate Bridge was completed, and several years before the construction of the Hoover Dam.
In general, members of both the Senate and the House are older today than they ever have been. The average Senator is now 64, while the average House member is 59. Both chambers have added roughly a decade to their average age since the beginning of the 1980s, while overall life expectancies have increased by only five years. So you might say that the typical U.S. legislator today is closer to death than they were 40 years ago.
https://thewhyaxis.substack.com/p/congress-is-old-as-heck?s=r
Both of these old farts are 88 years old and should not be legislating?!!
