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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
How does he do that?
Senators are appointed for life (or until they are 75) and cannot be removed unless they miss 2 complete parliamentary sessions, commit treason (or some other "infamous crime"), or declare bankruptcy.
So until current Senators pass away, resign or go broke, they can't be replaced.
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Many of them break the first one many times over (missing the sessions). In fact my papa (he's a little old so it could be semi-fabricated but he reads all of the newspapers religiously) told me a while ago about how there is a Senator that was living in MEXICO and recieving his pay checks while showing up for a few meetings a year.