Kennedy potato head, Bawney Fwank and many others should be ousted! Two, 2 year terms and that’s it! Also, no fluffy compensation packages...nothing. You go back to work in the private sector like the rest of us.
Also, required to work in the the private sector for a minimum of 4 years before running for office!
The Republicans tried this in 1994 and gave up after the first Supreme Court rejection. Will need a Constitutional Amendment. Some States have imposed term limits, unfortunately not Massachusetts.
I agree wholeheartedly.
What entrenched politicians tell you is that they can get you the pork because they have been there long enough to know the ropes. I think if they get where they can get pork for their district they can also get pork their friends and their special interests and make it darn near impossible for them to be defeated and then they can do what they want, no matter their constituents.
There should also be term limits on their benefit packages, as in, Congresscritters can partake of their cadillac private insurance options only as long as they are serving in office.
After that, you get just what the average Joe citizen gets.
If this were there case today, NOT ONE of those a$$holes on the Hill would be in favor of Zero’s death care.
Two terms in the Senate and four terms in the House and the go the heck home!
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Just my 2 cents.
If you can figure out a way to remove the thousands of entrenched staffers in unelected, unaccountable positions that actually write the bills, know the system, and guide Freshmen congressmen and Senators around then I would consider it.
If not, I am not going to hand over more control to these unelected, unaccountable staffers because it makes people feel good that they got rid of career politicians.
In my opinion, 8 years for a president is too long, as well.
What we need right now is a law that gives us a one year warranty on the president-elect. If, within the first year, the president-elect turns out not to be what we wanted then we can trade him in for the runner up.
Give them pop quizzes on the Constitution. Fail and you’re out.
Partyless system as well.
Term limits are like putting a bandage over gangrene. Looks better, but it's not.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I thought that the constitution initially did have term limits esp for the House. Am I wrong about that?
Term limits would take the partisanship out of politics and have a forum of people who are not out there trying to get elected but who would be doing the right thing.
How would we get this done, by putting it on a referendem ballot in every state or is a state thing.
Whatever it is, it should be done.
1) I heard b frank lambast a constitueent in public and
2) Hearing my own representative, in a town hall meeting, telling us that what we want is wrong and he is going to do it his way and screw us.
The arrogance is unbelievable
I am in favor of term limits, but ones more along the lines of 10-12 terms in the House and 4 in the Senate. With maybe an upper limit of 36 years combined. All other positions in Congress(staff) have a limit of up to 15 years working for Congress. Long enough that you will have senior congressmen who work independent of Congressional staff and can give some direction to more junior Congressmen, but not so long that they just remain there permanently.
This has been my tagline for along time
Not only term limits, but also changing the length of the Representatives’ terms with the addition of different beginnings, so that there’s never the possibility of a total change of power except over a period of time. I suggest shortening the Senate terms to five years, and lengthening Rep’s to five years, and limiting both houses to two terms.