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Old 12-21-16, 02:26 PM   #32
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve View Post
Interesting bit of redundancy there. Since a Senator must be at least thirty years of age, after twenty years he or she will be at least fifty. You can't run for the House unless you're twenty-five, so "any age" will again be at least fifty after twenty-five years of service.

Maybe they just wanted to be extra sure...
I wonder if they credit other government or military service time towards that total?
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