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ElfMage83 t1_j24baxa wrote

Reply to comment by InformationWide3044 in TIL that since the first US Congress convened in March 1789, there have been 12,421 people that have served as representative, senator, or both. by andrew_ryans_beard

Ten years in the House and two terms (twelve years) in the Senate, or twenty years total, plus mandatory retirement at 65.

If cardinals in the Roman Catholic Church are ineligible to join a papal conclave after they're 80 (they still remain as cardinals) then it makes sense for the much newer US Congress to follow a similar guide.

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