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Facebook Hearings Show Congress Needs Fresh Blood
Jonathan Bernstein's morning links.
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The main effect of the Facebook hearing on Tuesday, as far as I could tell, was to remind lots of Americans that the U.S. Senate is really old:
Fair enough, although it's worth pointing out that if Newt Gingrich and congressional Republicans hadn't eliminated the Office of Technology Assessment and otherwise slashed congressional staff levels, it's possible that senators would ask better questions even if they were old.