it was all about defeating the incoming freshmen and “putting them under the thumb” of the inside the beltway commissars.
“inside the beltway” should be equal to a term of derision.
Wait, you mean it isn't?
Exactly so. This business of allowing lame ducks to continue legislating after the voters tossed them out has got to stop.
We need to mandate that the legislative session is adjourned on or before election day with newly elected members sworn in within a week of the election.
Members voted out are to be escorted out by Sgt. At Arms with only personal files.
Further more the states need to mandate that any aides, clerks, etc, be citizens of that state with the same affiliation as the elected member and shall be publicly named. We don’t need unnamed moles hiding in the Capitol.