Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is 90 years old, is being treated at a hospital in Iowa for an infection, his office announced Tuesday.
Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, who is 90 years old, is being treated at a hospital in Iowa for an infection, his office announced Tuesday.
Because anyone without 50 years of seniority won’t have the pull to get those sweet, sweet, pork barrel projects.
Committee assignment is via seniority. So yes, they can add shit to bills, but they can also do so much more.
For assholes like Grassley, that equates to being able to do a lot of damage.
That’s some bullshit law if I ever saw one.
It’s supposed to keep assholes like the tea partyers or guys like Gates and Greene from getting control in committees until they’ve been there more than 1 term. it’s also why they offset congressional terms. So a state won’t likely end up with all its reps getting replaced at the same time.
I don’t support octogenarian+ politicians (even Bernie needs to pass the torch), but I do support rule makers having to learn how shit works before getting committee power to decide national security or health funding and decisions.
Aren’t we having this backwards though? Executive power should lie in the executive. The legislative should legislate, the judiciary should apply justice, and all 3 should keep each other in check.
If we want law knowledge for an elected official to be able to exert its democratically elected power, then it should either be a prerequisite for candidature or better yet, a course on congressional process law (eg they take the training after being elected but before taking the position).