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Congressional Term Limits...
Jul 7, 2019 15:44:17 #
F.D.R. wrote:
One way to speed this up would be for Trump to pose the question to the nation and ask people to voice their opinion. I large numbers say yes to term limits then Trump should challenge Congress to heed the will of the people that they supposedly represent.
More than Congress we need term limits for the Federal Judiciary.
Jul 7, 2019 15:57:17 #
Liberty Tree wrote:
Congress will never go for it. If the people want term limits then all they have to do is not reelect anyone after they have served 12 years. That makes it an equal amount of time for both houses of Congress. Otherwise it would probably need a constitutional amendment by the states to bypass Congress.
Congress aren't the people to vote on that issue. It will be the states and I believe it has to be at least 38 states to approve of an amendment.
Jul 7, 2019 16:14:49 #
Louie27 wrote:
Found this little gem while researching term limits.Congress aren't the people to vote on that issue. It will be the states and I believe it has to be at least 38 states to approve of an amendment.
In May 1995, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5–4 in U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, 514 U.S. 779 (1995), that states cannot impose term limits upon their federal Representatives or Senators. In the 1994 elections, part of the Republican platform included legislation for term limits in Congress.
Seems to me they said the Constitution must be changed by Constitutional amendment.
Jul 7, 2019 19:33:48 #
proud republican wrote:
I think everybody will agree with me on this....There should be limits in Congress..I think the most Congress people should be able to serve in Congress is 8 years...What say you good people of OPP???
Yes, there should be. Everyone in Congress should do two terms. One in Congress and one in prison. And that includes most of the members of both parties.
Semper Fi
Jul 7, 2019 21:26:56 #
dtucker300
Loc: Vista, CA
proud republican wrote:
Presidential term limit is 8 years...I think the same should go for Congress...They are too comfortable there...When Dr does a bad job,he or she gets fired..When Congress people do a bad job they keep getting reelected....It doesn't make sense!!1
Whatever happened to citizen Representatives instead of life-long politicians. Even with term limits, they are serial political office campaigners. CA has them term-out of the legislature, but they keep running for other positions. An example of the Peter Principle, incompetence is rewarded, like Bernie; they keep running for some or other political position and screw things up, then move on to their next disaster.
Jul 7, 2019 22:01:20 #
proud republican wrote:
I think everybody will agree with me on this....There should be limits in Congress..I think the most Congress people should be able to serve in Congress is 8 years...What say you good people of OPP???
We have to get rid of the scum that comprise the Deep State at the same time. Otherwise any newly elected members of Congress will just become pawns of the entrenched bureaucrat's of the Deep State.
Jul 7, 2019 22:04:51 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
DavidJr wrote:
We have to get rid of the scum that comprise the Deep State at the same time. Otherwise any newly elected members of Congress will just become pawns of the entrenched bureaucrat's of the Deep State.
Welcome to OPP David...I agree with you totally!!!
Jul 7, 2019 22:33:54 #
proud republican wrote:
I think everybody will agree with me on this....There should be limits in Congress..I think the most Congress people should be able to serve in Congress is 8 years...What say you good people of OPP???
I think 6.
Any longer than that, they begin to lose touch with the realities of those they are there to represent.
Jul 7, 2019 22:35:12 #
DavidJr wrote:
We have to get rid of the scum that comprise the Deep State at the same time. Otherwise any newly elected members of Congress will just become pawns of the entrenched bureaucrat's of the Deep State.
Welcome, and well said!
Jul 7, 2019 22:58:48 #
dtucker300
Loc: Vista, CA
Seth wrote:
I think 6.
Any longer than that, they begin to lose touch with the realities of those they are there to represent.
Any longer than that, they begin to lose touch with the realities of those they are there to represent.
Many lose touch with reality the minute they enter the swamp.
Jul 7, 2019 23:38:22 #
dtucker300 wrote:
Many lose touch with reality the minute they enter the swamp.
This is true.
Today's Democrats, however, have elected some new people to Congress who didn't even wait to enter the swamp, they actually ran on a lack of touch with reality and won.
Says a lot, I guess, about today's Democrats.
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Jul 8, 2019 00:11:20 #
dtucker300
Loc: Vista, CA
Seth wrote:
This is true.
Today's Democrats, however, have elected some new people to Congress who didn't even wait to enter the swamp, they actually ran on a lack of touch with reality and won.
Says a lot, I guess, about today's Democrats.
Today's Democrats, however, have elected some new people to Congress who didn't even wait to enter the swamp, they actually ran on a lack of touch with reality and won.
Says a lot, I guess, about today's Democrats.
A very astute observation.Jul 8, 2019 02:53:05 #
Iamdjchrys
Loc: Decatur, Texas
CarryOn wrote:
I think 12. That gives them two terms in the Sena... (show quote)
Absolutely agree. The era of multiple decades spent as a Congressman (or woman) amassing huge fortunes from lobbyists and Big Business cronies needs to be over.
Jul 8, 2019 03:01:46 #
dtucker300
Loc: Vista, CA
Iamdjchrys wrote:
Absolutely agree. The era of multiple decades spent as a Congressman (or woman) amassing huge fortunes from lobbyists and Big Business cronies needs to be over.
Does anyone know what the average wealth is of a Congressperson? Mean, Median, and Mode? How much wealth do they amass while in office? Plus the lifetime pensions and healthcare. No wonder AOC wanted to get elected.
Jul 8, 2019 06:27:07 #
GmanTerry wrote:
Yes, there should be. Everyone in Congress should do two terms. One in Congress and one in prison. And that includes most of the members of both parties.
Semper Fi
Semper Fi
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