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GOP Seeks to End Term Limits on House Speaker [Hastert Popularity]
LA Times ^
| January 5, 2002
| Nick Anderson
Posted on 01/05/2003 1:06:31 PM PST by ewing
Republicans imposed the rule in 1995 but now want to retain the popular Dennis Hastert.
The move may signal a fading of anti-incumbant fervor.
Eight years after taking power, House Republicans are moving to jettison a rule they had established on the first day of their reign: a four year limit on the term of House Speaker.
The proposal, expected to be approved next week, would enable Speaker Dennis J. Hastert (R-Ill.) to serve beyond the January 2007 term limit that binds him.
The impending change reflects the overwhelming popularity of Hastert, the low-key successor to the fiery Newt Gingrich of Georgia, among the rank and file.
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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: hastert; repeal; speaker; termlimits; wrestlingcoach
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posted on
01/05/2003 1:06:31 PM PST
by
ewing
To: ewing
Hm... term-limiting leadership positions was the 'pubbies original work-around for not term-limiting members of Congress as per the Contract With America. Apparently the CWA is another one of those famous government deals that're binding only so long as they're convenient.
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posted on
01/05/2003 1:19:16 PM PST
by
Grut
To: ewing
Can they do the same for presidents? He! He! Viva Bush!
To: Grut
Apparently the CWA is another one of those famous government deals that're binding only so long as they're convenient. But Republicans have also change the job description. The House speaker had previouosly been the most powerful position in the House. Now the Speaker is just a figurehead. All the real power is held by the Republican leadership. Republicans just want to keep a genial figurehead speaker who doesn't create problems the way Ginrich did.
To: Paleo Conservative
But Republicans have also change the job description. Correction:
But Republicans have also changed the job description.
To: ewing
The move may signal a fading of anti-incumbant fervor. More accurately, it signals that the Republicans in congress have become as bad as the democrats were. Just who exactly funds more pork-barrel spending? The pubbies now? or the democraps in 1992? The answer: The GOP. Who gives more to the department of education? The GOP. Who gives more to subsidize art? The GOP. Who gives more to public broadcasting? The GOP. And now, they are undoing the great things that they did when they first took over.
To: ewing
Too bad. Hastert has not distinguished himself. He has run Trent Lott a close second in spinelessness and he seems to have no great objections to abortion.
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posted on
01/05/2003 1:50:16 PM PST
by
Cicero
To: ewing
Nice to see that power is not going to the GOP's head like it did to the Dem's...
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posted on
01/05/2003 1:52:01 PM PST
by
Karsus
To: KQQL
fyi
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To: Free the USA
rules..like taxes,are just for the little people I guess.
To: ewing
Unilateral term limits was a dumb idea just waiting to backfire on itself.
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:12:05 PM PST
by
Consort
To: freeper12
A parliamentary rule is not carved in stone like the Ten Commandments; it can be changed at any time when it no longer serves its purpose.
Comment #14 Removed by Moderator
To: ewing
Term Limits was one thing I didn't agree with the CWA on. Only the President needs a term limit.
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:26:01 PM PST
by
#3Fan
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To: William Creel
Hastert is our most under-appreciated, under-respected leader. I agree. And he will present the happy face to Tom DeLay, who will work behind the scenes, and is the real power in the House.
Term limits was one of the most idiotic ideas ever put forward, as was limiting an effective leader.
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:40:36 PM PST
by
sinkspur
To: sinkspur
Agreed.
We do have term limits - they're called ELECTIONS. If people are too lazy to vote out a Congressman or Senator...
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posted on
01/05/2003 2:47:08 PM PST
by
hchutch
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To: You Know Not The Hour
I don't respect or appreciate him at all. Unless you're a Republican member of the House, who cares?
Hastert only has to be concerned about his constituents in Illinois and his fellow GOP House members.
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posted on
01/05/2003 3:03:18 PM PST
by
sinkspur
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