The Iowa Republican began his political career as a member of his state's House of Representatives in 1959, when Dwight Eisenhower was president.
President Biden started in politics in 1970, when he was elected to the New Castle, Delaware, County Council at the tender age of 28.
They started as city council members or state legislators, then became House members before joining the most powerful deliberative body in the world.
Members of the House and Senate are paid $193,000 a year, more than 90% of Americans make.
Mark Twain once remarked, "There is no distinctively American criminal class - except Congress." According to the nonprofit Open Secrets, when Rep. Nancy Pelosi became House speaker in 2007, she and her husband, investor Paul Pelosi, had a net worth of $41 million.
As part of the impeachment inquiry, the House Oversight Committee obtained bank records showing members of the Biden family got millions of dollars from Russian, Ukrainian and Kazakh oligarchs while Mr. Biden was vice president as part of various influence-peddling schemes.
In every election cycle, just 15% of House races are rated competitive.
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