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To: thatjoeguy

Term limits in Congress would be good for America.

Which is why the Democrats will never permit it.


4 posted on 12/25/2008 7:36:58 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
Which is why the Democrats will never permit it.

Which is why the Democrats and many Republicans will never permit it.

30 posted on 12/25/2008 8:10:57 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hey, Obama! Where's my check?)
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To: BenLurkin; HuntsvilleTxVeteran

Term Limits are good, 8 years for any Congress Critter is more than sufficient, like the President. (All National Office eight years, sound good.

Personally i’d like to see an amendment limiting Congress in raising their own pay, maybe set at $100k per year by amendment. If a raise is wanted the citizens must authorize it through a nationwide vote, much like local governments in their bond proposals, etc.

However repeal of the 17th Amendment would be even better as would quite possibly limit Senators to the same term as their State’s Governors.

Limit their pay and their terms and maybe they’d need to get a real job at some point in their lives.

The Bricker Amendment would also be good, in subjugating treaties and executive agreements to the Constitution and not raise them above it.

Course repeal of the 16th Amendment would be good also.

Maybe even add an Amendment to make all Presidential Candidates post original certified birth certificates from the respective State where voters could see them ... after the USSC validates the State Offices certification, a duty Congress could not remove.


35 posted on 12/25/2008 8:25:45 AM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: BenLurkin
"Term limits in Congress would be good for America. Which is why the Democrats will never permit it."

I can even think of a Republican or two who might oppose this...

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69 posted on 12/25/2008 10:02:28 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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