term limits
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K46620
@K46620 (1986)
• United States
26 May 11
Question for Opponents of Congressional Term Limits:
[i][b]Do you support presidential term limits (22nd amendment)? If so, why term limit only the President? Shouldn't we treat Congress and the President the same...
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bobmnu
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
20 Nov 09
Should we have a Constitutional Amendement that limits the number of terms that a person could serve in Congress? Right now we have Power Brokers and not representives in Congress. How many member of Congress have held a real job?...
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lilwonders
@lilwonders456 (8214)
• United States
12 Nov 09
Some congressmen (just a handful) have proposed a constitutional amendment that would put term limits on how long someone can serve in congress and the house.
About time they realized what a problem it was not to have it.
THey...
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afarrell1
@afarrell1 (258)
• United States
8 Oct 09
According to the AP Russia has just passed a law extending the length of the Russian Presidency from four to six years. The vote was 392/57!
Do you think that would be good for American presidents too? Instead of being stuck...
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wlee9696
@wlee9696 (595)
• United States
26 Sep 09
I am for setting term limits for the Senate. We have too many people who get in office and stay there forever. It stagnates the Senate. Also we need to get rid of the policy that you get your Senate salary for life even after you...
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dragon54u
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
1 May 09
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=hj111-5
Democrat Jose Serano has proposed once again that term limits be abolished. That would include the office of the president. Evidently, he's tried to get this passed a number...
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EliFromMN
@EliFromMN (53)
• United States
1 Apr 09
Every night I watch the news and they always have some congressman or senator that has served for 40 years on there running there mouth. If you think about it, over a 40 year carrer in congress, don't you think that they've been...
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dragon54u
@dragon54u (31633)
• United States
1 Aug 08
You may ask why such short terms but if you're sick of corruption in public offices, here's my reasoning. Two years isn't enough time for someone to make the contacts that lead to corruption. Not enough time to make buddies with...
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worldwise1
@worldwise1 (14885)
• United States
5 Oct 07
Politics are very much in the forefront of current events lately, and this prompted me to try and think of ways the system could be improved. I have a problem with the number of terms our Congressmen and Representatives are...
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