“At last count, Congress Assembled contains two physicists, two chemists, two biologists, one geologist, 234 lawyers and an astronaut. This puts the lawyers within striking distance of an absolute majority in the 538-member Congress.” (Russell Seitz, “Congressional Math”, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 11)(sub-only).
By the numbers
“At last count, Congress Assembled contains two physicists, two chemists, two biologists, one geologist, 234 lawyers and an astronaut. This puts the lawyers within striking distance of an absolute majority in the 538-member Congress.” (Russell Seitz, “Congressional Math”, Wall Street Journal, Nov. 11)(sub-only).
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How are they classifying Frist, a physician? And there are 535 voting members of Congress (not including the Vice President), so they must be diluting the count by including the non-voting “delegates.”
Well, that certainly “looks like America.”
…do those 234 lawyers comprise a fundamental problem {?} — or are they merely a symptom of some other deeper problem ?
What’s your point in making this headcount ?