Democrats who spent months grappling with the political fallout over President Joe Biden’s age and mental acuity may soon face the same dilemma if they retake the House and are forced to address the advancing years of their senior committee leaders.
There’s no limit to how long top Democrats can serve as ranking members or chairs of House committees. More junior members can challenge them — and sometimes do — but seniority plays a heavy role in the party’s committee selection, and unseating an incumbent chairman is rare. Democrats’ committee leaders have stayed more static over the past several Congresses ...