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Prominent Bay Area legislator says outdated House vacancy rules are a national security threat

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The average age of the 118th Congress in November was 57.9 in the House and 64 in the Senate .

More than a dozen of California ’s representatives will be among the 20 oldest House members next year .

Currently, there is only one way to replace an incumbent federal legislator who is physically or mentally incapacitated, but has not voluntarily resigned.

Previous attempts to fix the House ’s vacancy problem and preserve the institutions of government were met with outrage.

Without consensus, obtaining the required two-thirds vote is n’t plausible.

The major challenge has been getting anybody to pay any attention, Lofgren said.

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