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Term Limits In The US Congress, Good or Bad?

This week I want to focus on the ideal of term limits. Let’s start with the following video.


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Larry Lee
Jan 20, 2022

I've always been a proponent of term limits. All one has to do is look at the number of career politicians who when they finally retire, they do so very, very wealthy. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand where their loyalties have been. With a limited amount of time to serve, I think any new member of Congress would be much more focused on national needs more than their own financial gains.

A number of years ago, I was engaged in a spirited discussion with a Public Affairs Officer I was stationed with. We discussed a number of items during lunch, but then the topic turned to term limits for our elected officials. He was not kee…

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Harvey L Cooley
Harvey L Cooley
Jan 17, 2022

With the content of this video in mind, there is much to consider. let’s first discuss some of the obvious, like Speaker of the House. Many would say “if there were term limits how would one choose the Speaker of the House”? Read the following:


Technically, there is no rule in the Constitution or the rules of the House that requires the Speaker to be a member of Congress, but the tradition predates the Constitution itself. According to this source,

Under Article IX of the Articles of Confederation (1781), the Congress of the United States had the power "to appoint one of their number to preside, provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more…


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