OLDER AGE OF AMERICAN POLITICIANS — 80% OF VOTERS SAY THEY WANT AGE AND TERM LIMITS
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Rep. Ted Lieu serves on both Judiciary & Foreign Affairs Committees.
A California Democrat and former active-duty U.S. Air Force officer, Lieu brings a rare mix of military service and legislative oversight experience to debates on foreign policy, tech regulation, and government accountability.
Before the Senate, Ossoff exposed corruption as a documentary filmmaker.
Ossoff ran Insight TWI, producing investigative films on war crimes and corruption in Africa and Southeast Asia. He was also the youngest sitting U.S. Senator when sworn in at age 33 in January 2021.
Senior Congressional advisers shape U.S. law behind the scenes!
Rina Shah served as a senior GOP adviser on Capitol Hill — a role that crafts legislation, strategy, and party messaging. These staffers wield enormous influence. Learn more at Wikipedia
Drutman literally wrote the book on fixing U.S. party politics
His 2020 book 'Breaking the Two-Party Doom Loop' argues the U.S. needs multi-party democracy to escape gridlock. He's a senior fellow at New America. Read more at Wikipedia
Gharibabadi holds Iran's top human rights & UN Vienna posts.
As both Secretary-General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights and its Ambassador to UN bodies in Vienna — including the IAEA — he sits at a rare crossroads of domestic rights policy and international nuclear diplomacy.
Jon Ossoff was an investigative filmmaker before entering the Senate!
Before winning his Georgia Senate seat in 2021, Ossoff ran an investigative film company. At 34, he became one of the youngest sitting U.S. senators. Learn more at Wikipedia
Rep. Lieu holds degrees in both computer science AND law.
A Stanford CS grad and Georgetown-trained lawyer, Lieu is among the few in Congress who can engage technically on AI and cybersecurity law. He also serves as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Air Force Reserve JAG Corps.
Rina Shah advised senior Republicans directly on Capitol Hill.
As a former senior Congressional GOP adviser, Shah worked inside the Republican legislative machine — giving her firsthand knowledge of how the party strategizes, negotiates, and communicates policy from within Congress itself.
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