Part of the reason why we wheel semi-conscious nonagenarians into Congress to vote on bills is because committee memberships and chair seats are given to people with seniority. So if you can hang onto a seat for a long time, you get a lot more power to determine what comes up for a vote.
If we implemented term limits we’d have to figure out a different way to determine who’s on what committee, at the very least.
Term limits for the house and the senate would be great. Not sure how you’d get them to pass though. They’re all in on the deal. Running as incumbent over and over again just seems to make them more and more invincible with every election.
Part of the reason why we wheel semi-conscious nonagenarians into Congress to vote on bills is because committee memberships and chair seats are given to people with seniority. So if you can hang onto a seat for a long time, you get a lot more power to determine what comes up for a vote.
If we implemented term limits we’d have to figure out a different way to determine who’s on what committee, at the very least.
Term limits for the house and the senate would be great. Not sure how you’d get them to pass though. They’re all in on the deal. Running as incumbent over and over again just seems to make them more and more invincible with every election.