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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
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.
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