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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:42 PM Oct 2013

GOPers that have no government experience prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate does matter

In the past the majority of U.S. Senators have either had experience under their belt from working as a U.S. Representative or Governor.

While perusing the list of current U.S. Senators I noticed that many of the 'trouble makers' are 'newbies' that were elected after 2010 and that they have NOT previously held national office. To name a few: Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Kelly Ayotte, Ted Cruz

See the 'first and third columns' on lower portion of the list on the link below...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_seniority#Current_seniority_list

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GOPers that have no government experience prior to being elected to the U.S. Senate does matter (Original Post) Tx4obama Oct 2013 OP

The grifter class that cares more about lining their pockets Johonny Oct 2013 #1

And those are the ones that need to be booted out on their A$$ ASAP :) Tx4obama Oct 2013 #2

They also have no understanding of how government works tblue37 Oct 2013 #3

Another thing I noticed was... Tx4obama Oct 2013 #4

Johonny

(20,872 posts)

1. The grifter class that cares more about lining their pockets

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2013, 06:55 PM

Oct 2013

than about governance.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

2. And those are the ones that need to be booted out on their A$$ ASAP :)

Reply to Johonny (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 03:05 AM

Oct 2013

tblue37

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3. They also have no understanding of how government works

Reply to Tx4obama (Original post)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 03:51 AM

Oct 2013

or of the disastrous consequences of the kinds of BS they are pulling. Ignorance is dangerous when the ignorant wield power.

Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)

4. Another thing I noticed was...

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #3)

Fri Oct 18, 2013, 04:09 AM

Oct 2013

... 44 of the current U.S. Senators have been in the Senate for LESS than 5 years. So, almost half of the 100 are have not been there a long time. Something to think about when folks talk about 'term limits'. In my opinion we 'need' the old timers there to try to keep the newbies in check.

The column that says 'Length of Senate term to date' has a toggle arrow, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_Senators_by_age

And in The House, I haven't counted them all, but it also looks like half of the 435 members have been there five years or less

Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_by_age_and_generation
The heading that says 'Length of House term to date' has a toggle arrow

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