Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death creates a vacancy on the powerful panel that oversees President Biden's judicial nominees. Without her, Democrats don't have a majority on it.
    • sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz
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      1 year ago

      We have a buttload of people past their due date in Congress.

      More than a dozen US lawmakers are older than President Joe Biden, 80, the oldest US president ever elected. Here are the lawmakers who were born before Biden’s birth on Nov. 20, 1942.

      • Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Democrat, born in 1933
      • Senator Chuck Grassley, Iowa Republican, born in 1933
      • Representative Grace Napolitano, California Democrat, born in 1936
      • Representative Bill Pascrell, New Jersey Democrat, born in 1937
      • Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, District of Columbia Democrat, born in 1937
      • Representative Hal Rogers, Kentucky Republican, born in 1937
      • Representative Maxine Waters, California Democrat, born in 1938
      • Representative Steny Hoyer, Maryland Democrat, born in 1939
      • Representative Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, born in 1940
      • Representative Jim Clyburn, South Carolina Democrat, born in 1940
      • Senator Bernie Sanders, Vermont Independent, born in 1941
      • Representative Danny Davis, Illinois Democrat, born in 1941
      • Representative John Carter, Texas Republican, born in 1941
      • Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, born in February 1942.
      • Representative Frederica Wilson, Florida Democrat, born on Nov. 5, 1942.

      Representative Anna Eshoo, a California Democrat who turned 80 in December, missed this list by less than a month. Republican House Appropriations Chair Kay Granger of Texas celebrated her 80th birthday in January. - source