TERM LIMITS QUOTES Assembled by Dennis Polhill (1990 – 2007) Quotes Directly Related to TERM LIMITS REF # QUOTE AUTHOR DATE SOURCE A7 I am for making of terms annual, and for sending…
Category: Term Limits
The Bigger Issue Within The Term Limits Issue
UWSA, February, 1995 By Dennis Polhill The Republican majority in Congress has a serious problem: term limits. Perhaps they didn’t really expect to gain majority control with their promises and “Contract With…
Uncompetitive Elections and the American Political System
Policy Analysis no. 547 by Patrick Basham and Dennis Polhill American representative government suffers from the handicap of a largely uncompetitive political system. American politics has fewer and fewer competitive elections. In…
Consent of the Governed
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill The Founders wrote in the Declaration of Independence, “whenever any form of government becomes destructive, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish…
When Elections are Not Elections
Opinion Editorial By Dennis Polhill, David Ottke Subverting the will of the people by fixing elections strikes at the heart of the democratic process. Shortly after the 2000 census is finished, powerful…
Here’s a Way to Shape Up our Congress
Denver Post May 10, 1991 Congress has again failed to act according to its own standards: 1991 was the year of Gramm-Rudman where the federal budget deficit would cease to grow. Even with…