Recent events have demonstrated that a majority of Americans are right to be concerned about elected officials who hang on to ...
It’s not Grassley’s first time in the Washington spotlight, of course. But his latest turn holding a gavel comes as the public perception of aging politicians is being radically transformed — most ...
The House of Representatives needs all members to show up for votes because of the Republicans' narrow majority.
The solution to this difficult question should not be to require everyone of a certain age, regardless of their cognitive ...
A shocking story about a Texas congresswoman came out recently. A local reporter got a tip that, after quietly missing months of votes on Capitol Hill, Republican U.S. Rep. Kay Granger had moved into ...
This month, the torch will be passed, not to a new generation, but from the oldest man ever to hold the office to the oldest ...
Term limits are another oft-proposed solution, but would probably require a Constitutional amendment, and the concept has many other flaws.
A popular social media account posted an image Nancy Pelosi using a walker, sparking a debate over term limits in Congress.
The 81-year-old congresswoman’s situation reanimated a debate about the health and mental acuity of aging elected officials, with many colleagues urging changes.