Portland-area Democrat wants checks on fellow Congress members’ mental fitness

Portland-area Democrat wants checks on fellow Congress members’ mental fitness

The second-term member of Congress has not found support for her proposal to institute formal checks on members' possible cognitive impairments.

WA Democrat wants Congress members to be checked for mental acuity

Should members of Congress be subject to mental-acuity standards? U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez thinks so – as do many Americans.But among certain congressional colleagues, at least, the Washington Democrat is unique in that belief.Gluesenkamp Perez spoke with CNN’s Jake Tapper this week about an amendment she’d proposed seeking to set ethics guidelines for Congress members’ cognitive keenness.It failed. Last week, Gluesenkamp Perez’s counte…