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Latest Answers http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/447/%2A/%2A a view of answers sorted by date en Well, term limits was part of the ‘Contract With America’, we had a vote on the floor that would have made federal term limits to 12 years, 6 terms, because there was a court case out in California that indicated that the state referendums like in Ohio were unconstitutional. It failed and as a result we don’t have federal term limits. And now that I’ve been here for a little bit I see that my opinion, two opinions, I think term limits has ruined the state legislature in Ohio and given us a lot of bad government. And B- when you have members that have been here 30-40 years and you say well, okay, I’m going to be here 12, you put your district at competitive disadvantage because this place runs on seniority, the longer you’ve been here -and in terms of committee assignments- the more you can get done for your district and I can do probably 100 times more than I could in 1994. Maybe it shouldn’t be that way, but as long as, what you don’t want to do is unilaterally disarm. And I mean if we all term limits, that’s why I supported it, that’s why I voted for it- but for somebody in Ohio to say ‘well, I’m going to leave’, then the guys in Michigan are just going to take it all up. http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwell%2C-term-limits-was-part-%2526amp%3Blsquo%3Bcontract-america%2526amp%3Brsquo%3B%2C-we-had-vote-floo http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwell%2C-term-limits-was-part-%2526amp%3Blsquo%3Bcontract-america%2526amp%3Brsquo%3B%2C-we-had-vote-floo#comments Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:41:30 -0500 Jodi Breisler 1505 at http://askyourlawmaker.org What Americans want is to make sure they have choices like their Members of Congress have. Members of Congress have private health care choices. And with the Healthy Americans Act we have now been able to get a significant group of senators, both Republicans and Democrats, to show that for the amount of money that’s being spent on health care today, according to the budget experts, it’s possible for all Americans to have similar choices.Reporter Todd Zwillich: I don’t know if it was caucus wide, but the platform of some Democrats was to get people bought into that program before this upcoming election. Why hasn’t Congress managed to loosen some of the reigns on FEHBP so far?Wyden: There are a number of questions about what some of the costs would be, and that is why I thought it was important to address the changes that drive the behavior in American health care. And then you do that, we now have proof from the Congressional Budget Office, the independent experts, that for the amount of money you spend today, all Americans can have choices like their Members of Congress have, and I think that is what the driving part of this whole discussion is all about when it comes to Members of Congress and federal workers.*NOTE:** Sen. Ron Wyden is a member of Finance Committee and sponsor of the Healthy Americans Act, which proposes to enroll individuals in FEHBP http://askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bwhat-americans-want-make-sure-they-have-choices-their-members-congress-have.-member Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:48:28 -0500 Todd Zwillich 1422 at http://askyourlawmaker.org