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The Debate on Term Limits: Fresh Faces and Ideas Are Needed |
| Section: CURRENT ISSUES / COMMENTARY |
| Author: Bill McCollum |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 1/1/1996 |
| Size: 931 Words, 5,680 Characters |
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The answer to the first question is clearly yes. The fact that nearly 80 percent of the American people favor term limits begs the question. This alone may be reason enough to enact them, but the most profound reason goes to the need to change the institution of Congress itself and the attitude of those who serve.
When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they could not have foreseen the year-round, full-time Congress of today. They never envisioned a federal government as large and complex as it now is. They viewed congressmen as citizen legislators who spent only a couple of months a year legislating and the rest of the time at home conducting their personal business. Indeed, for over 100...
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...thoroughly debated, every member of the House who truly supports term limits should put aside his differences once the amending process is completed and vote for whatever version emerges on final passage. Amending the Constitution is a serious business, but the importance of getting a nationwide limit on all of Congress is so great that term limit supporters must be unified on the final vote.
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