The dynasty aspect could be used to make some interesting then-and-now comparisons. When John Dingell Senior was first elected to the house, the federal debt was approximately $21 billion, or $168 per capita. At $17.3 trillion, or $54,645 per capita it is time for a new deal.
Back in ‘94, Tom Foley, who was then speaker, went down to defeat at the hands of a younger opponent who was making contrasts between 1964 and 1994—the contrasts between 1932 and now are even bigger.
Coolidge spoke of the costs of government in his day as an astounding sum of 7 billion dollars.