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- From: michael@afterlife.ncsc.mil (Michael of Nebadon)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,talk.politics.misc
- Subject: Re: Patsy Schroeder on Term Limits
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.054245.23421@afterlife.ncsc.mil>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 05:42:45 GMT
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- In article <BxrEAF.I3K@news.cso.uiuc.edu> wiggins@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Don Wiggins) writes:
- >
- >Seriously though, I've wondered what impact the recently passed legislation
- >in several states will have on the operation of Congress. Since the choice
- >leadership positions are based at least partially on seniority, aren't
- >those states putting themselves at a disadvantage? I've always favored
- >term limits but it seems to me that they should be applied across the
- >board.
-
- The speculation is that once a sufficient number of states have terms limts,
- their members will use their votes in Congress to get it applied at the
- Federal level. They'll have a big incentive to do so in the disadvantage
- you list above. Some have speculated that such efforts could be killed in
- committee by the chairman (who would, in all probability, be from a no-limit
- state). I think it's likely that once some critical mass of Congress members
- were in favor of limits, they could get it out of committee. After all, would
- you want that many members against you when your personal pork-laden bill
- came up for voting? ;-)
-
- michael@afterlife.ncsc.mil
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