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Whatever happened to your commitment to term limits?

Asked 14 weeks 13 hours ago of U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH)
by john chappell from Willoughby, OH
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What will you do to reform the redistricting system in this country, which has led to most seats in Congress being so safe that even a major shift in public opinion won't be reflected in an election.

Asked 38 weeks 3 days ago of All U.S. Representatives
by Barbara Knapp from Germantown, MD

Answered

Whatever happened to your commitment to term limits?
Asked by: john chappell from Willoughby, OH. Received 1 Vote.
Categories: Ethics · Money & Politics. Tags: broken promises · campaign promises · congressional distrust · Elections · ethics · politics · promises.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Steven LaTourette (R-OH)

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.

Answered on Jul 28th, 2008 More
What will you do to reform the redistricting system in this country, which has led to most seats in Congress being so safe that even a major shift in public opinion won't be reflected in an election.
Asked by: Barbara Knapp from Germantown, MD. Received 48 Votes.
Categories: Money & Politics. Tags: government · politics.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX)

Well as you know the way this is done, it's really handled by the state legislature. The state legislature, every year right after the census is done, will go ahead and consider the reapportionment. I served in the state legislature 14 years, one year as Secretary of State, so I went through one redistricting as a state legislator and then another one as Secretary of State, so it is something we need to look at because there have been in certain circumstances, even here in the state of Texas, where it got too partisan.

Answered on Apr 22nd, 2008 More
What will you do to reform the redistricting system in this country, which has led to most seats in Congress being so safe that even a major shift in public opinion won't be reflected in an election.
Asked by: Barbara Knapp from Germantown, MD. Received 48 Votes.
Categories: Money & Politics. Tags: government · politics.

Listen to: U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon (R-UT)

It’s not unconstitutional to protect incumbents. It is unconstitutional to deny people a vote based on race or other factors that should not be a matter of discrimination. The role of Congress in redistricting is rather limited and it goes to those Constitutional questions relating to equal access to voting. The real issue for redistricting is a state issue and, yeah, there’s a lot of antagonism about how states are doing it. The recent California redistricting was one of the most interesting I’ve ever seen.

Answered on Apr 4th, 2008 More
When will you introduce and promote legislation to fix our thoroughly broken electoral system beginning with the elimination of the electoral college process? When will you advocate for real democracy in America?
Asked by: Ruthe Swinson from Washington, DC. Received 8 Votes.
Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: campaigns. · politics.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

I think it is democracy. We are a democratic republic. The way the system is set up provides a slight advantage a slight boost to smaller states. I don’t think they would ever vote to give them up. The smaller states would resist, correctly, because that is one of the commitments they were given when they entered the Union.

Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More
When will you introduce and promote legislation to fix our thoroughly broken electoral system beginning with the elimination of the electoral college process? When will you advocate for real democracy in America?
Asked by: Ruthe Swinson from Washington, DC. Received 8 Votes.
Categories: Campaign 2008. Tags: campaigns. · politics.

Listen to: U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)

I think the electoral college has a good reason that its in place. Its to make sure every state has the ability to decide who are next representatives are, that it’s not just dominated by the most populated states.

Answered on Feb 20th, 2008 More