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Postby King Colby » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:17 am


The legislation revives Cruz's earlier idea for a constitutional amendment on term limits. If ratified, the measure would prevent senators from serving more than two six-year terms and House members from serving more than three two-year terms.
Seems kinda short. Wouldn't mind letting both houses serve 12 years.

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Postby Morkle » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:26 am

Apparently Kellyanne Conway leaked a nude picture of her own daughter on her instagram as a way to get back at her daughter for filming their last screaming match.

I'm sure she's going to go the "I was hacked route," because that's some serious CP charges if she did it for revenge sake.

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Postby Morkle » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:28 am

I support the term limits, but I can't see it going anywhere with the group that is pushing for it. Cruz has to be a poison pill right now for any type of exposure.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:32 am

Term limits are good. Two 6 year terms seems like a good idea to me. The house.... yeah, make it 10 years or so. I'm in Ted, let's do it.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:42 am

I'd say no more than 18 years in senate, 12 in house.

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:42 am

Apparently Kellyanne Conway leaked a nude picture of her own daughter on her instagram as a way to get back at her daughter for filming their last screaming match.

I'm sure she's going to go the "I was hacked route," because that's some serious CP charges if she did it for revenge sake.
wtf man

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:43 am

i'm conflicted on term limits - on one hand I don't like the ones that have made a career out of it and are in their 40th year serving. On the other hand, if we think congresspeople suck now, wait until they rotate off and we put the backups in

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:46 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:47 am

I think three Senate terms, and five house terms should be the limit, but in my mind for the House it shouldn't be a permanent limit. Lots of parliamentary organizations require a sabbatical term, I'd be fine with that for the House, but not for the Senate.

Government office shouldn't be a jobs program.

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Postby Freddy Rumsen » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:50 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.
That's always been one of the strongest arguments against Term Limits, that it empowers the "Chiefs of Staff" and other bureaucrats who would then actually run things.

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Postby MrKennethTKangaroo » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:57 am

10-12 years really isn't enough because its going to take at least 3 or 4 years for most people to figure out wtf they are doing at their job. Sure, you might be at your most creative/outgoing/motivated in those first 3-4 years, but that doesn't mean you are actually effective at the job.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:03 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.
That's always been one of the strongest arguments against Term Limits, that it empowers the "Chiefs of Staff" and other bureaucrats who would then actually run things.
Yup... I'm not sure how much that isn't already happening though. If you turn over the representatives and senators more often, you might have a better chance of getting grassroots people. Those that aren't tied to the powers that be. I don't know. Just spitballin.

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Postby Morkle » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:08 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.
My fear there would be these turds turning into lame-ducks - so you'd have rotating years of groups of people checked-out and just picking up tabs on the government dime. Not that it doesn't happen already, I think that's my fear, true or not.

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Postby Beveridge » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:22 am

While we're at it, let's make president a one term 6 year limit. Nothing annoys me more than half the first term in office is spent campaigning for the next.

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Postby Morkle » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:24 am

Then the back-half of the second is spent campaigning for the next one.

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:31 am

I think we can all agree that people being career representatives/senators is an issue, yes? There's a reason there are term limits for president, why not in other cases? Yes, term limits aren't going to solve all the problems, but it seems as though it has bipartisan support.

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Postby nocera » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:34 am

Can we add those term limits to SCOTUS too? Obviously much longer than 6 years, but lifetime appointments are ridiculous.

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Postby King Colby » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:34 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.
This

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:37 am

I'd imagine the #1 concern for quite a large number of congress(wo)men is getting re-elected. Take that concern away from a third of the senate, and 1/6th of the house.

There will be plenty of shills still pulling levers at the DNC and GOP headquarters though.
this might be an argument for longer terms

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:38 am

Longer single terms? I'm game.

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Postby willeyeam » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:39 am

that might be not that bad

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Postby King Colby » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:39 am

The only time congressmen even pretend to have balls is when they know they aren't seeking reelection, like Toomey. Like c2i said, might be useful in breaking the tradition of the hard party line if 1/3 of the senate and a portion of the house has a chance to show their balls at any given time

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Postby count2infinity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:45 am

Yes... show us your balls.

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Postby DigitalGypsy66 » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:45 am

I'd like a shorter election cycle, for POTUS. I mean two years plus is absurd.

And House seats probably need to be 3 year terms, unless there is substantial campaign finance reform (or shorter election periods). Like others have said, they spend a lot of time fundraising during their two year terms.

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Postby nocera » Tue Jan 26, 2021 9:46 am

Cruz isn't really going to inspire bi-partisan buy-in.

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