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I read your comment and thought "surely that's changing over time and we're trending towards younger legislators." So I went looking and it turns out I'm compl
by phil 15y ago
I read your comment and thought "surely that's changing over time and we're trending towards younger legislators."
So I went looking and it turns out I'm completely wrong. Check it out -- the WSJ did this interactive chart that shows Congress hit a low in the early '80s and has been aging ever since:
http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-CONGRESS_AGES_1009.html http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-CONGRE...