[NYPOST] Up to a dozen members of Congress reportedly have mental faculties so diminished they can no longer do their jobs — with some even showing up drunk or stoned to cast votes.
''There's no question that somewhere between six and a dozen of my colleagues are at a point where they're — I think they don't have the faculties to do their job,'' Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn) told Politico, which spoke to 25 members of the House and Senate who spilled the tea on their unnamed colleagues.
A Republican colleague concurred, with an important addendum.
''I have a difficult time sometimes telling between the deterioration of members and a handful who are just not very smart,'' the unnamed politician said.
After President Biden's 2024 presidential campaign spectacular collapse due to his age-related cognitive issues, the issue of elected officials hanging on past their expiration date has come sharply into focus — with neither chamber of Congress being spared.
Former Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, Sen. Dianne Feinstein
...late Dem Senator-for-Life from Caliphornica. She was a politician since about the time she was weaned. Feinstein was the author of the 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban, and tried it a second time in 2012. Feinstein chaired the Select Committee on Intelligence since 2009. At age 80, Feinstein was the oldest serving United States Senator. They carried her out feet first....held office despite being so diminished she was forced to cede power of attorney to her daughter. Texas Rep. Kay Granger — the powerful former chair of the House Appropriations Committee — was found in an assisted living facility last year after being AWOL for six months.
''The United States Congress is the world's most prestigious senior center,'' Rep. Ritchie Torres, 36, (D-NY) quipped to The Post.
Some politicians claimed late night votes in the House are rarely cast entirely sober.
''Every time we do an 11 p.m. vote, a minority of the chamber has a zero blood alcohol content. Now, that's different than voting drunk. I don't think I've ever seen somebody demonstrably drunk on the floor,'' Himes noted.
Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) claimed to have seen one GOPer who ''show[ed] up drunk'' several times — and that ''there were one or two Dems I thought might be high on something, but not drunk.''
Added Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY): ''I would say DC is more like 'Veep.' We've had a couple of 'Veep' moments in my office.''
[Fox Biz] 
...Showboating U.S. Representative for California's 28th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Schiff has served in Congress since 2001. He currently serves as the chairman of the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. In a manner reminiscent of Joe McCarthy, on March 22, 2017, in a interview with Chuck Todd on MSNBC Schiff claimed there was “more than circumstantial evidence now” that Donald Trump's campaign colluded with Russia." Todd followed up by asking if he had seen direct evidence of collusion and Schiff responded that there was "evidence that is not circumstantial and is very much worthy of investigation"...
[Free Press] PASADENA, CA — 
Dem senator from Ohio who harbored the same presidential ambitions as the rest of his colleagues. At a distance he was indistinguishable from most other Dem politicians, including the females. It can be said that he waned without waxing...
Schiff ignored the question of throwing the "Russian agent" allegations around, and instead deflected with comments arguing that Garvey supports allowing states to ban abortion.
[WASHINGTONEXAMINER] Reps. 
...a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",...