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Perhaps unfortunately, 50 years might not be long enough for generational turnover in US government. Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are both 78 years old. Nancy
by neartheplain 6y ago
Perhaps unfortunately, 50 years might not be long enough for generational turnover in US government. Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are both 78 years old. Nancy Pelosi is 80. Senators Diane Feinstein and Chuck Grassley are 87.
- TheCoelacanth 6y agoIt's 48 years since Joe Biden became a senator, and he was one of the youngest senators ever. None of those people held a national-level office 50 years ago. There has been a complete turnover in leadership in the past 50 years.
- jessaustin 6y agoWhew, thank goodness! I'd hate to see centenarians in Congress!
- jkinudsjknds 6y agoThe new Georgia senator is the youngest elected senator since Biden. That was... an odd factoid to take in for me.