I genuinely cannot fathom the ego involved to not make room for the next generation of people to take over. Imagine that he's older than Boomers and is still in this role.

The gerontocracy has to end ugh

Age limits in Congress are popular among Americans

Well, who's reelecting him then, Canadians? Do Americans believe that incumbents have an advantage because voters are too stupid to choose? Maybe the problem here isn't the voters but the systems that have been built by the political machine? Why is it popular for American voters to want to limit their own power?

For every complex problem there is a solution that's simple, elegant, easy to understand and wrong. Age/ Term limits make perfect sense, unless you think about them.

No, he's not. No 93 year-old can do the job in its entirety. Heaven forbid the next generation that actually has to live in the world your policies govern has their turn. But these decrepit fucks have name recognition, they like the power and attention, and Republicans only look for the 'R' on every ballot, so this will keep happening...

I'm so sick of these geriatric fucks

This POS is going to be 97 if he lives to the end of his term.

Besides Grassley, there are other near-90-year-old members, including Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers at 88, Washington, D.C., Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton at 89, and others. Notably, 84-year-old Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, returned to Congress the week of Grassley's 93rd birthday, after a hiatus from Congress that left Americans speculating about McConnell's health and mental acuity.

The average age of senators in the current 119th Congress session is 63.9, while the average age of members of the House of Representatives is 57.9, according to data published by Congress. The median American age is 39.4 years old, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which uses median – not average, or mean – to prevent outliers affecting population demographic data.

Eight in 10 Americans support a maximum age limit for officials in Congress, according to a May 2026 NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. The support for age limits spans ideological lines, with 78% of Democrats, 83% of Republicans, and 79% of independents in favor, according to the poll.

We'll never convince any of them to resign, we need to just stop voting for them in primaries..

Also, a six year term is waaaaaay to fucking long

These old fucks are like the herpes of politics nobody likes them and they'll fucking never go away.

Just fucking retire already!

Set maximum age for public service to match the current retirement age. If you will hit that age during the scheduled term, you are deemed ineligible to seek that position.

This should not be a job you want to do well past retirement. These people need to earn those six figure salaries.