That was quickly followed by the deaths of two veteran Democrats: Raúl M. Grijalva, 77, of Arizona, who for years held the ...

Representative Marie Gluesenkamp Perez says age-related cognitive decline among elected officials is a major issue for voters ...

Being a legislator sometimes requires staying up well into the night for key votes and frequently traveling back to one’s ...

Young Democrat wants cognitive tests for aging members of Congress - Despite Marie Gluesenkamp Perez’s amendment failing, she wants to have a tough conversation about older members of Congress ...

The United States is changing fast. The old paradigm of Reagan-era Neoliberalism, marked by Cold War foreign policy and harsh "free market" economic maneuvers is quickly giving way to a politics of ...

Apparently there's some dispute about whether members of Congress are getting younger or older on average. A Pew Research Center analysis from January noted that the median age of Congress members ...

A US Democrat wants mandatory cognitive tests for ageing members of Congress, to check they are fit for the job. Marie ...

Last Congress, the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein died in office at age 89 after she had faced multiple questions about her mental fitness to do the job.