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re: Cruz to introduce term limit amendment.
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:16 pm to funnystuff
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:16 pm to funnystuff
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but it was also the one I thought least likely to occur.
You were correct. It literally has no chance in hell of passing. And Cruz knows this. It's an easy issue for someone like him to score political points with his base. There is zero chance of getting 2/3 of the HR. It came up for a vote in 1995, and while getting a majority, it fell far short of 67%. And I know of no congressman who lost his seat because of voting against it. Frankly I wish they would focus their attention on something they can actually pass. Kudos to Gingrich for making it part of the CWA and following through and getting a vote on it...but there's no need to do it again.
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Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:25 pm to BamaGradinTn
Did anyone supporting it end up limiting themselves to the proposal?
Posted on 12/9/16 at 4:26 pm to BamaGradinTn
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It came up for a vote in 1995, and while getting a majority, it fell far short of 67%. And I know of no congressman who lost his seat because of voting against it.
Big difference between then and now:
This post was edited on 12/9/16 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 12/9/16 at 7:33 pm to BamaGradinTn
I don't know about that, I feel like the political climate today is significantly different than it was in '95. Best case scenario is cruz reaches out to Bernie so that there can be some bipartisan push for this. Those two obviously have radically different ideas about how to fix America, but I think they both agree that the political establishment needs to have it's power reigned in. I can see this getting grassroots momentum if the debate can be framed the right way.
Washington would've been a shoe-in for a third term if he had the mind for it, but he decided that the presidency is better suited by turnover. I think it's time to evaluate whether or not the same is true of our other political leaders
Washington would've been a shoe-in for a third term if he had the mind for it, but he decided that the presidency is better suited by turnover. I think it's time to evaluate whether or not the same is true of our other political leaders
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