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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsU.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne, a Democrat from New Jersey, has died, a congressional source close
Payne says.
Breaking news from cnn
gateley
(62,683 posts)CNN and MSNBC's websites). I looked up his picture -- not too young, not too old, which doesn't mean anything I guess. Regardless, I'm sorry to hear this.
Kahuna
(27,310 posts)R.I.P., Congressman. Job well done.
gateley
(62,683 posts)monmouth
(21,078 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)my rep:
U.S. Representative Donald Payne dead at 77
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/hold_donald_payne.html
RIP
Kahuna
(27,310 posts)Zalatix
(8,994 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,144 posts)so that they can cash in with lobbying jobs, directorships etc. As I say, I have no evidence for that, but it's possible that Democrats stay in the job longer, and thus become more likely to die while still in it.
On edit: some data:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704835504576059582025431402.html#project%3DCONGRESS_AGES_1009%26articleTabs%3Dinteractive
It varies, but the average age in the House for Dems has tended to a a couple of years more than for Repubs. That shot up for this Congress - 60.2 v. 54.9.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)TreasonousBastard
(43,049 posts)always low-key but getting the job done, and never tainted by the local goings on in Newark and parts of Union County. One of the good guys.
He will be missed.