Captain Obvious
02-24-2014, 03:36 PM
58 years in office is obscene, our political system is broken.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/24/281984322/rep-john-dingell-wont-run-again-58-plus-years-are-a-record
Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who was first elected to Congress in 1955 to fill a seat his father had held, says he will not seek re-election later this year.
He'll leave office having served in Congress longer than anyone else in history. Last June, , the late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.
Dingell, who turns 88 in July, tells the News that "I'm not going to be carried out feet first. ... I don't want people to say I stayed too long."
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/02/24/281984322/rep-john-dingell-wont-run-again-58-plus-years-are-a-record
Michigan Democratic Rep. John Dingell, who was first elected to Congress in 1955 to fill a seat his father had held, says he will not seek re-election later this year.
He'll leave office having served in Congress longer than anyone else in history. Last June, , the late Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.
Dingell, who turns 88 in July, tells the News that "I'm not going to be carried out feet first. ... I don't want people to say I stayed too long."