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As of November 2014, senior Members of Congress who have been in office for at least 32 years can earn about $139,000 a year. [7] All senators and those representatives serving as members prior to September 30, 2003, may decline this coverage.
Lost re-election. Henry Lee III: Federalist: Virginia 19: Retired. Levi Lincoln, Sr. Democratic-Republican: Massachusetts 4: December 15, 1800 – March 5, 1801: Won special election. Elected to full term, but resigned one day into term to become United States Attorney General. James Linn: Democratic-Republican: New Jersey at-large: March 4 ...
The United States Constitution (Article 1, Section 5) [1] gives the House of Representatives the power to expel any member by a two-thirds vote. Expulsion of a Representative is rare: only six members of the House have been expelled in its history.
Cogburn and Marbley are also not the first judges to back off retirement plans after an election. As McConnell himself highlighted, a district judge did the same about-face after President George ...
A longtime Greater Cincinnati congressman will not be running for reelection. Republican U.S. Rep. Brad Wenstrup said in a video posted on X, formerly Twitter, that he will retire from Congress ...
One of the highest ranking Democrats in Frankfort announced Friday he will retire from the legislature. Rep. Derrick Graham, D-Frankfort, said he won’t seek re-election, saying it was “time to ...
Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (4 March in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress.
The presidential elections are a mere few weeks away, and for soon-to-be retirees, this could have several implications. For instance, elections usually tend to trigger market volatility, which can...