Congress has an age problem?

[Beeg_Dawg]

Floated by my local representative, (yes, she is Democrat) she wants a discussion about determining  members of Congress cognitive ability.

She is a moderate, works both side of the aisle.  Unfortunately, hard line dems are trying to block her in the primaries for not being part of the resistance.

https://www.axios.com/2025/07/14/congress-age-mental-marie-gluesenkamp-perez?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

 

[johnnyo53]

Since all democrats are mentally ill, she’s still missing the point.

“I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?" "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet. You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times." It was all true what he was saying. And yet, I

[Hurlburt88]

I am unsure as to how effectively we can assess cognition.   But I am hugely in favor of term limits, which I argue would achieve the same end!

[Beeg_Dawg]

In his farewell address, Washington warned against the dangers of concentrated power and the potential for tyranny if a president were to remain in office for too long.  Washington was of course referring to the presidency, but the same rationale applies to all elected officials.

Since the late 1800s, once elected to Congress you have a 90% chance of winning re-election.

I’m in favor of an amendment that caps the age for running for any federal office.  Older than 75 seems like a good spot.  Potentially you could serve in the Senate until reaching 81. Seems like a good place to cap the age of federal judges as well.

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