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Sometimes it feels like I'm 130 fucking years old. There are people much older than her in the capitol who probably shoulda planned years ago to retire like she is.

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seems shes been in office most my life

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Both HIV+ people who got shingles while I was around (neither was a client; both were former coworkers) had their faces and necks covered with itchy painful sores. Arms and legs also.

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My wish would be for her to retire earlier and let the D gov make an appointment. Might explain the rush.

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A Grassley she's not.

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A potential problem your mom with selling her house to fund the rest of her life is that she probably bought it when or before you were a little kid, so it may have a huge capital gains upon selling it. The IRS will take 20% of that. Work with a lawyer about what she can do to avoid (not evade) the taxes and plan ahead so if you are suddenly put in the position to have to act, you have a plan to follow.

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My cousin, the local GMC dealer, Brought a Hummer to our family picnic several years ago. BY FAR the largest car parked there, I was curious to check it out. Seats 4 passengers, and very little cargo space, about the same as my ancient little Subaru wagon.

Which seats 5.

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But I kinda miss the "Pope Benedict Death Watch" segments on all the media. Good times.

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Because she has seniority on important committees which the replacement would not. Replacement's the move they would make if there were doubt about the Dems keeping the seat in 2024, but I don't think there's much worry about. Either Buttigieg or Slotkin would be hard to beat and there are others on the bench.

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Shingrix is delivered in 2 shots, when I got it.

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No. Stabenow is not ill or a million years old. She needs to use her seniority for a couple of years before retiring.

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It still is. This was my first shot.

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The only Senate committee that will be important for the next 20 months is Judicial since appointing judges is all Biden will get out of Congress. The House isn't going to do jack shit. She is not on the Judicial committee.

And since the Democrats have a majority, control the committees in no longer shared and thus her seniority is not needed to control the committees. Plus the only The only one where she has seniority is Agriculture and Nutrition and Forestry.

Accepting any additional risk of losing the seat in 2024 is not worth her ego.

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