{"id":1044615,"date":"2021-11-22T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044615"},"modified":"2021-11-22T15:13:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T20:13:36","slug":"retiring-democrat-rep-jackie-speier-calls-for-age-limit-for-lawmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retiring-democrat-rep-jackie-speier-calls-for-age-limit-for-lawmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"Retiring Democrat Rep. Jackie Speier Calls for Age Limit for Lawmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fretiring-democrat-rep-jackie-speier-calls-for-age-limit-for-lawmakers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044615&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), whose legacy will include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/10\/27\/politics\/jackie-speier-me-too-sexual-assault-harassment\/index.html\">championing<\/a> the #MeToo movement, is not seeking re-election and is using the window before stepping down to take some parting shots, including calling for a mandatory retirement for lawmakers at age 75.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with the<em> San Francisco Chronicle\u2019s<\/em> \u201cIt\u2019s All Political\u201d podcast, Speier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/joegarofoli\/article\/One-outgoing-House-member-s-idea-for-how-to-fix-16636378.php?sid=5d54065e91d15c7b08162233&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=headlines&amp;utm_campaign=sfc_morningfix\">was asked<\/a> what she would like to see change in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMaybe putting a ban on how long you can serve,\u201d Speier, who is 71, said. \u201cNot a term limit. An age-limit ban.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Chronicle<\/em> reported:<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"33\">\n<p>If members of Congress had to \u201creturn home\u201d \u2014 Washington-speak for not seeking another term \u2014 at 75, that would mean a gold watch for several members of the Northern California delegation, including Reps. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, 78; Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, 78; John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, 78; and Doris Matsui, D-Sacramento, 77. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-San Jose, would be on deck when she turns 74 next month.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Dianne Feinstein, 88, wouldn\u2019t have served her last two six-year terms under this idea. Thirteen members of the Senate \u2014 where the average age was 63 at the start of this term \u2014 are older than 75.<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/o\/6jGkF\/https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/politics\/article\/South-Bay-Rep-Jackie-Speier-says-she-won-t-16624823.php\"><br \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And yes, Speier\u2019s cutoff would include her friend, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who is 81 \u2014 and may have done her best work this year in shepherding President Biden\u2019s two infrastructure bills through a fractious Democratic caucus.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Speier said she does not know Pelosi\u2019s plans for certain.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWell, she said this would be her last term as speaker,\u201d Speier said on the podcast. \u201cI think she made a commitment that this would be her last. I don\u2019t know what her plans are. I don\u2019t know if members in the caucus would want to convince her to run again as speaker.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18825426\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"41\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18825426\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1236662833.png\" alt=\"Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), D-CA, speaks during a news conference with Democratic leaders after the passage of the Build Back Better Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2021. - US lawmakers voted to elevate President Joe Biden&#039;s giant social welfare bill to the Senate, in major a step forward for his vision for a more equitable society that is the centerpiece of his domestic agenda. (Photo by Jim WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), D-CA, speaks during a news conference with Democratic leaders after the passage of the Build Back Better Act at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on November 19, 2021. \u2013 US lawmakers voted to elevate President Joe Biden\u2019s giant social welfare bill to the Senate, in major a step forward for his vision for a more equitable society that is the centerpiece of his domestic agenda. (Photo by Jim WATSON \/ AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speier had an idea for Pelosi\u2019s post-retirement agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have this fantasy that when she does decide to leave \u2014 whenever that is \u2014 that she gets appointed ambassador to Italy,\u201d Speier said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wouldn\u2019t be surprised if that\u2019s where she ends up,\u201d Speier said.<\/p>\n<p>Speier\u2019s political career began was elected to Congress in 2008 after surviving an attack by cult members that killed her boss at the time, Rep. Leo Jay Ryan (D-CA).<\/p>\n<p>Speier <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/democrat-jackie-speier-survivor-of-jonestown-cult-massacre-in-1978-will-not-seek-re-election-to-house-seat-in-2022-01637098342?siteid=yhoof2&amp;yptr=yahoo\">recalled<\/a> how she was inspired to have a career in public service after she accompanied her boss Ryan on a flight to Guyana in 1978 to rescue 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones.<\/p>\n<p>Ryan and four others were shot to death on an airstrip by gunmen who were followers of Jones. Speier, who was 29, was shot five times. Jones convinced followers to drink cyanide-laced punch in a mass murder-suicide.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for me to come home,\u201d Speier said of her stepping down. \u201cTime for me to be more than a weekend wife, mother, and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Penny Starr on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PennyStarrDC\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i> or send news tips to pstarr@breitbart.com.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA), whose legacy will include championing the #MeToo movement, is not seeking re-election and is using the window before stepping down to take some parting shots, including &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1044615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1044615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1044615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1044615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1044615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1044615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}