Posted on 05/20/2015 4:45:57 PM PDT by concernedcitizen76
Term Limits!!!
Yeah, the ensconced turd bowls in Congress will get right on that.
It gets even worse if you look at the Dingell Dynasty.
His father was in the seat from 33 to 55, Dingell held the seat from 55 to 2015 and now his wife Debbie Dingell is in the seat.
Between John Dingell and John Conyers (Who has been in office since 65) they’ve got a combined 106 years with Conyers still there. Neither one of them has ever held a private sector job.
Yet we are on the cusp of a police state. How can that be?
It doesn't make sense until one realizes our governing institutions no longer serve their designed purposes. Does congress actually legislate or does it enable the executive to make arbitrary regs/law? Does it conduct oversight of the agencies it created? Does congress serve to secure our inalienable rights? Does congress or Obama determine spending? The senate has voted to give Obama the treaty power.
Institutions designed for free government have been corrupted into forms that do the opposite; they serve to enable and condone tyranny.
Article V to reform our institutions before we can't.
Exactly. Two terms for the house, one for the senate, this will rid all those complaints of “money in politics” as they cannot raise any more to get another senate seat. Also, revoke the amendment that allowed popular vote of senators, the 17th, that would also solve a lot of problems. What are the chances this will happen? Null and Void to site a member of FR. Rise up and be heard. Our future is at stake, and the future “of our children” —a constant hollow rant of the RATS.
Primary the newest batch who lied and are doing the opposite of what they promised.
“Primary the newest batch who lied and are doing the opposite of what they promised.” Primary everyone of them who lied, and that will be almost all of them, not jut the neophytes.
Correct me if I’m wrong but weren’t term limits passed back in the 70’s but the supreme court ruled them unconstitutional?
Good Points!
Term limits are the only thing that will save us from lazy, low information voters.
The author is just counting how long they’ve held their current offices. Many have prior service in other offices, so far longer than 20 years for the above.
Many have prior service in other offices?
Service?
These people do nothing but rob, tax, loot and cause grief.
We tried here in Mississippi last year. The establishment won’t accept defeat
Experience, Sergeant Friday, experience. It takes all those years of service prior to Congress to learn the ropes of how to rob, tax, loot and cause grief.
We won. They cheated.
Great question. SCOTUS did rule in 1995 (5-4) that individual states could not impose term limits on their federal representatives. In the 1990s, the Republican platform included a plank for a term limits constitutional amendment. Majority in favor, but measure failed the 2/3rds threshold. Voted on again later but to no avail.
In the 19th century, turnover in Congress averaged 40 to 50 percent. In modern times, post 17th amendment, turnover fell to 5 to 10 percent.
Mark Levin’s Article V convention desperately needed. If not convened, it’s probably curtain time.
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