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In reply to the discussion: There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)40. We need the Republicans out of Congress
Some of them are younger.
It has nothing to do with age. There are only 535 people in Congress; their is no point in generalizing about their outer characteristics like this.
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There are more people over 75 in Congress than there are people under 40. [View all]
soothsayer
Nov 2020
OP
I keep saying if we want change we have to get the old white men out of congress.
blueinredohio
Nov 2020
#3
We all know that's not going to happen until we get rid of gerrymandering.
blueinredohio
Nov 2020
#41
Right. Many of us are at different stages in our lives than boomers at our ages
Buckeyeblue
Nov 2020
#9
The age distribution of our leaders increasingly resembles that of the USSR before its collapse
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#8
At the beginning of the 27th Poliburo in 1986, Gorbachev age 54 was the youngest member
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#23
I think that age has a lot to do with not being able to do without a global adversary
Klaralven
Nov 2020
#28
Generally and in the context of being a United States Senator? Yes. Absolutely!
NurseJackie
Nov 2020
#17
I think the answer to that is quite obvious. Nobody needs me to spell-it-out to them.
NurseJackie
Nov 2020
#20