Term Limits For Congressmen

Congressional terms have no limits. Controversy exists between those who think the terms should be limited and those who believe that terms should remain unlimited. The group that wants to limit the terms argues that the change will promote fresh ideas and reduce the possibility of decisions being made for self-interest. Those who oppose term limits believe that we would sacrifice both the stability and experience held by veteran politicians. They also point out that our election process allows the voter to limit terms, at their discretion. While experience and stability are important considerations, congressional terms should be limited to a maximum of two.

1. Roscoe Conkling-He was a New Yorker who was in the Senate and House of Representatives. He was the leader of Stalwarts who supported the spoils system.

They knew if they took it to court they would win the presidency. The U.S Supreme Court said the they would not allow a recount and named Bush the 2000 president.

With westward expansion and economic development, more and more common people were paying taxes and would not continue to pay “taxes without representation.” Even though women, blacks, and Native Americans were denied the vote, progress was still slowly gaining power as the everyday working white male was allowed the vote. Today, as we have varied ethnic background people running for office and various religious

30+ years old and been a U.S. citizen for at least 9 years. Lastly in Article II Section 1, the Constitution

When determining how being a politician has changed since the term limits has been enacted. You have to look at the term limits effects on chair’s experience, chairs as gatekeepers, committee conflict itself, committee chairs as conflict managers, chairs as substantive experts, committee member experience and expertise, and information gathering by the committees.

The 15th Amendment of the United States Constitution was passed by Congress on February 26, 1869, and was ratified February 3, 1870. The Amendment is label as the “Right to Vote”, however, there is deeper provision to this Amendment. Section 1, reads “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any States on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude” (NARA). Continued with section 2, “The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation” (NARA). The amendment was created to protect the rights of African American to vote, and has served as the groundwork for the Voting Rights Act of 1965. One day after the ratification, “Thomas Mundy Peterson of New Jersey became the African American citizern to vote under the authority of the 15th Amendment” (History.com). Additionally, in the same year the first ever African American from Mississippi was elected to the U.S Senate.

    The turnover rate for House incumbents who attempt reelection is usually below ten percent. This is in far from the first century of America 's government, when long-term congressional incumbency was rare and Members often voluntarily chose to leave Washington and return home. In the nineteenth century, the average turnover in each new Congress was over forty-five percent. Therefore, new Members who were free from the institutional biases that long-term incumbency brings . However, today these numbers are the complete opposite.  Despite a large 1992 turnover fueled primarily by retirees, there is little to no turnover among those who decide the Congressional calendar: the committee chairmen and other members of the Democratic leadership. In the House of Representatives, for instance, the average job tenure is ten years. However, the principal leaders, the committee chairmen, speaker, majority leader, and whip, have served an average of twenty-seven years. This means that the average member of this group has been in the House since the

After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, until the number shall amount to one hundred… …there shall be not less than one hundred Representatives nor less than one Representative for every forty thousand persons, until the number of Representatives shall amount to two hundred… …there shall not be less than two hundred Representatives, nor more than one Representative for every fifty thousand persons.

They did both have the chance to vote for who they wanted, because they might not have liked the person/people that were in charge.

In conclusion, the Supreme Court, even to this day, uses this case as an example as to their power to interpret the constitution and review cases. The Supreme Court has been the deciding factor in many cases that have changed and protected the rights of the people thanks to Chief Justice John

Section 1-“ The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Electing representation is what gets our opinions to government issues and provides sorts of change to our national, state, and local communities. It was once said by Patrick Henry “no taxation with out representation”. Saying how a man can not be represented without the right to vote.

In the 1970’s, during the Vietnam War, the 26th Amendment was ratified. Adopted by both houses of congress then sent to the states for ratification. On March 23rd, 1971, the drive to lower the age of voting rights for the age of twenty one to eighteen was successful. After three months and eight days July 1st, 1971, president Franklin D. Roosevelt, added the amendment to the Constitution. Georgia becoming the first to carry out this law. The people agreed, “Old enough to fight, old enough to vote.”

The turn of the 20th century brought a tremendous amount of change to the United States, its government and its citizens. A greater amount of prosperity and technology increased citizens exposure to information. With this information came empowerment, with empowerment came the ability to make more informed decisions about government at all levels. As people learned more they were no longer accepting of the status quo of the States appointing their Senators. With this, pressure came and ultimately the 17th Amendment, allowing people to directly elect their Senators. The 17th Amendment came relatively easy but it was not without its own controversy then or now.