Old-Timers Pulled from Congress

Jeff Johnson has an article in the April 7 issue of Chemical and Engineering News concerning members of Congress with decades of experience retiring from a partisan, deadlocked Congress.
His first paragraph says, "During the past few months, long serving members of the Senate and House of Representatives have one after another announced that they will not seek reelection when the second session of the 113th Congress draws to a close. This year, the departure of just three prominent House members will, in effect, remove nearly 140 years of experience from the lower body."
Hooray!
Let's remember that long-time members of Congress have put us in a position of a $17 trillion debt and continued over-expenditure to increase the debt, without any serious consideration for practicality of expense. We are glad to see them go. Hopefully, their replacements will be better, but they can't be much worse.
There are a few exceptions. I'm sorry to see Michelle Bachmann leave. She is one of the few that have their heads screwed on right.