GOP senators push for term limits - CNN.com »
Posted By UnusualSuspect 1 week, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
A handful of Republican senators have proposed a constitutional amendment to limit how long a person may serve in Congress.
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UnusualSuspect1 week, 5 days ago
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I have to agree with the Republicans on this.
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In fact, I would cut the number of years Sen. DeMint has suggested for term limits for Senators, from 12 to 8 years. Serving 6 years in the house would be fine.
"Americans know real change in Washington will never happen until we end the era of permanent politicians," DeMint said in a statement released by his office. "As long as members have the chance to spend their lives in Washington, their interests will always skew toward spending taxpayer dollars to buyoff special interests, covering over corruption in the bureaucracy, fundraising, relationship building among lobbyists, and trading favors for pork -- in short, amassing their own power."
Essentially true...how can real change come about if we keep having the same old faces in office? Mix it up...get new blood in, new ideas.
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tanglang1 week, 4 days ago
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Although a major upside is accountability. Also you would have less corrupt politicians as there would be less time for them to have been bought and paid. If we can pass this and then do away with party affiliation all together we would be on the right track to a prosperous America.
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Hobe1 week, 4 days ago
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Lets Not Get Too Happy, this is just a bunch of BS...
The Washington Corrupt PIGS will Never Vote for this and Leave their Out of this World, Health care Benefits...
Good Deverion for serious Problems Washington cannot or Will Solve for hard Working American Tax Payers.
Re-election and Corruption Rules every Time... -
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StevieGee1 week, 4 days ago
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I lean more toward campaign finance reform and maybe we should get the lobbyists out of the Capitol. I doubt the sincerity of these Senators because if they really wanted reform they should have introduced this Amendment when they had the power of both houses and a President. I think it's just a publicity ploy kinda like when the house passed legislation making it a felony to hire an illegal alien. They don't really want it.
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