... elected officials on this subject. I cannot imagine a reason that Congressional term limits should not apply, but I am open to hear them. Specifically I ... year House terms C. One Six year Senate term and three Two Year House terms 2. No Tenure / ... Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, serve your term(s), then go home and back to work. Regardless of personal political leanings ...

... political drama to Latin America. Even though a number of popular leaders have been able to adjust these limits, they remain in force in many countries. There's no doubt that there remains something ... waiting for their chance to subvert democracy...it's just that if that does happen to be what they are term limits will be remembered as having not made their lives any easier. Given all the ...

... commissioners – John Rodstrom and Ilene Lieberman – are in their final term in office and must leave in 2012. Voters approved term limits ... He also contends the state constitution specifically sets limits on who may run for public office and precludes county governments ... justices held that Pinellas and Duval counties could not impose term limits on county officers, such as the clerk of court. The ...

... officials are "rookies". The lobbyists power would actually diminish with term limits. Think about it, if you were elected to an office and you are not worried about getting reelected, would you be ... the Speaker of the House every two years and having a new person each time. Possibly might want to consider a three term limit for the House equalling the six years a Senator would serve in ...

... pitcher in Major League Baseball, is not running for re-election and can do and say what he wants. That to me is a good argument for term limits. The best argument I've heard against term limits ... that some excellent people whom we want to keep in DC would be disqualified just as they were about to shine. That's because most term limit proposals mention a limit of two terms. But it takes ...

... many other names you might recognize, are involved. See video below. Like many, I love the notion of Term Limits. But getting them passed would be a huge challenge requiring a Constitutional Amendment. And all ... in the process. To the extent the Tea Party movement can best that, we might not have to worry about Term Limits any more. An engaged, informed middle-American electorate is what's ...

... chairs.  Yet even as the credit crisis crippled the US Financial System those same leaders remain as chairs of the committees. So I'm suggesting term limits so our elected officials do not get to powerful and they make decisions based on what's best for the country, not being re-elected!  The alternative, send a message in this ...

As Karen and Michael noted we all did stories for the Broken Government project with our sister company CNN. Mine was on term limits (thank you deconstructiva for reminding me to post). Love 'em or hate 'em, they aren't likely to happen any time soon as, thanks to a 1995 Supreme Court ruling, it'll take

... , a former U.S. Marine and freshman congressman, holds a clue to the violence: a haunting incident in his own past with explosive implications for his country’s future. Term Limits Paperback: 640 pagesPublisher: Pocket Star; Reissue editionISBN-10: 1439148104Disclosure - This product was received for review/feature consideration. The synopsis/ ...

... that the Congress is entrenched and Congressmen are time servers who obsequiously obey the party leadership in order to gain committee appointments and chairmanships. Term limits would increase the reservoir of frustrated, experienced talent that lacks a job. It is time to begin kicking Congressmen out of office after 4 terms and Senators ...

On Friday the Constitutional Court of Colombia ruled that President Alvaro Uribe cannot change the constitution (again) to seek an additional term as president.  This is a victory for Colombia’s long-term development, regardless of how good a president Uribe is.  It is an example to the entire developing world. Last year I worried that Colombia would fall

Vexed Bermoothes and The Devil Island maintain that the “term limiting out” of a particular journalist “is a bad and self-defeating move: he’s the best known business journalist associated with Bermuda, and his coverage of Bermuda’s international sector has contributed significantly to the island’s reputation and growth.”

... " that allowed the City Council to extend term limits, enabling Mayor Bloomberg - and many Council ... 't mean it was right to do so. "I think that in charter revision the issue of term limits does need to be put back before the public, and a real ... ;laughable" if the sole focus of the next commission was term limits. Thompson, who has already signaled his intent to run for ...

DETROIT- State legislators spend less time monitoring state agencies since the introduction of term limits for Michigan legislators - despite the fact that advocates for term limits promised the opposite effect. Marjorie Sarbaugh-ThompsonThe revelation is just one of several findings in the study by a team of WSU political science faculty ...

In reply to City Council Term Limit Legislation: we have an incumbent Mayor who is a bullying meglamaniac and is killing what could be a great city! Its about him and his cronies and this city is in the toilet... a try at term limits lost by a very narrow margin - time for a change... But we need them!