Two of the Senate's oldest and most powerful members had "senior moments" in recent days.
Congress currently operates via seniority, meaning members gain more power depending on how long they've served.
The back-to-back "senior moments" from McConnell and Feinstein, two of the most senior and powerful members of the Senate, illustrate just how much of a gerontocracy, a society governed by the old, the US has become.
While Feinstein has said she's retiring at the end of her term, McConnell has suggested no such thing.
In the 2020-2022 Congressional term, an Insider study found that nearly 1-in-4 members of Congress were over the age of 70.
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