Posted on 03/02/2015 9:17:20 AM PST by HomerBohn
(Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md, center, speaks about the recent Metro subway fire earlier this month, as Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md. center right, and Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. wait to speak.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, the longest serving woman in the history of Congress, is announcing her retirement, Democratic officials say.
The 78-year-old Maryland Democrat, now in her fifth term, is set to make a statement at a news conference in Fells Point in Baltimore later Monday. Her retirement could set off a race among potential candidates to succeed her, including Rep. Chris Van Hollen and former Gov. Martin O'Malley, who is considering a bid for president.
Mikulski became the longest-serving woman in the history of Congress in 2012. She was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1976 and has served in the Senate since 1987. Mikulski is up for re-election next year, but has declined in the past to say whether she would run for what would be a sixth term. The deadline for filing is in January 2016.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to publicly discuss her plans.
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There are way too many who have been there too long. Term limits would solve the problem; it would also be helpful to get rid of these mounds of useless flesh if there was no pension for their fat, lazy asses.
Dan Bongino for US Senate!
Adios, nastiest woman in the US Senate!
GFR.
That pizza chit to her left needs to go also...........go to JAIL that is.
“Term limits would solve the problem; it would also be helpful to get rid of these mounds of useless flesh if there was no pension for their fat, lazy asses. “
You would not need term limits if you simply made any elected service a temporary position w/o any pension or any other benefits! Our Founding Fathers never considered serving as an elected official as a permanent situation. Now instead of getting “service” from our elected officials, we are getting “serviced!”
Got the glorious news this morning on e-mail!
MARYLAND PING
(Not that we’ll replace her with anything close to a conservative.)
BUTTERBALL IS LEAVING! HOORAY!
This thing (freak) needs brought to Justice. Even though her terms will go down in the annals of loser-dom, she should spend the rest of her miserable existence in prison for her her many crimes against humanity. Maryland is THE Freak state. Escape while you still can.
Have a nice retirement, you old pro-abortion battleaxe.
Boy, these ancient legislators sure don’t photo well. Sorta look like just-punched-down bowls of bread dough.
How much fun is it to watch them scatter.
Dan Bongino for US Senate!
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Yes, either him or Bob Erhlich (depending upon who the ‘RATS put up).
what a fine piece of ass.
Ok, puke.
Another RAT-Commie-NAG-HAG morphing into Helen Thomas. They all do, sooner or later.
So Mikulski can now nap at home, versus the Senate chamber or a committee room. How quickly does the O’Malley for President exploratory effort become a Senate campaign?
Hope the door smacks you in the butt on the way out.
With any luck at all she’ll retire in Cuba, where she belongs. She’ll fit right in.
She can retire with her partner to their home. It was custom built: no studs whatsoever. It's all tongue-in-groove.
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