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To: goodnesswins

Robert Byrd, senator 1957-2010
Daniel Inouye, senator 1962-2012
Ted Kennedy, senator 1962-2009
Ted Stevens, senator 1967-2009
Joe Biden, senator 1973-2009
Patrick Leahy, senator 1975-present
Orrin Hatch, senator 1977-present
Thad Cochrane, senator 1978-present
John Dingell, representative 1955-present
John Conyers, representative 1965-present
Charles Rangel, representative 1973-present
Bill Young, representative 1973-present
Don Young, representative 1973-present

Yes, we need term limits. And yes I would support such an amendment. Equal terms for both House members and senators. Either twelve or eighteen years consecutive max.


24 posted on 02/12/2013 9:12:53 AM PST by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

I smell a bait-and-switch, or some other way to implement “term limits” in such a way as to allow the Fraud to serve more than 8 years and/or reduce Republicans’ terms.


26 posted on 02/12/2013 9:16:19 AM PST by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: cotton1706

In actual years....WOOOWEEE...

53 years....Robert Byrd, senator 1957-2010
50 years....Daniel Inouye, senator 1962-2012
47 years....Ted Kennedy, senator 1962-2009
42 years....Ted Stevens, senator 1967-2009
46 years....Joe Biden, senator 1973-2009
38 years....Patrick Leahy, senator 1975-present
36 years....Orrin Hatch, senator 1977-present
35 years....Thad Cochrane, senator 1978-present
58 years....John Dingell, representative 1955-present
48 years....John Conyers, representative 1965-present
40 years....Charles Rangel, representative 1973-present
40 years....Bill Young, representative 1973-present
40 years....Don Young, representative 1973-present

Yes, we need term limits. And yes I would support such an amendment. Equal terms for both House members and senators. Either twelve or eighteen years consecutive max.


34 posted on 02/12/2013 9:25:47 AM PST by goodnesswins (R.I.P. Doherty, Smith, Stevens, Woods.)
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