There are a total of 535 legislators in Congress - 435 House members and 100 Senators. Many of us here have talked about the absolute necessity of seeing veterans of military service among those who make our nation's laws, for obvious reasons. Well, take heart veterans - we're better off today in that department than we were on November 1st. Congressional Quarterly reports that the freshman class of the 112th Congress includes 25 military veterans, with three in the Senate and the rest in the U.S. House. All of the incoming House military vets are Republicans. There are 120 military veterans in the current Congress, according to the Congressional Research Service. Their ranks include 25 senators and 95 House members (including one delegate). I'm not sure if all the current incumbent vets kept their seats, however if they did, we'd have 142 veterans in the House and 28 in the Senate. With the plethora of caucuses in each chamber of Congress I'd love to see a Veteran's caucus formed in both the House and Senate. They could become critical voting blocs in both the arena of defense and veteran's affairs. And in both areas, that would be a good thing.
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Nov 13 2010, 02:28 AM
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