Cryophilia@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoGaetz says he'd support raising motion-to-vacate threshold if GOP enacts Democrat’s reform planwww.washingtonexaminer.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1163arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1152arrow-down1external-linkGaetz says he'd support raising motion-to-vacate threshold if GOP enacts Democrat’s reform planwww.washingtonexaminer.comCryophilia@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square68fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCryophilia@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s a big gap between “congress for life” and “term limits”, and that gap mostly consists of “winning re-election”.
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down6·edit-21 year agoWinning reelection in America is more about who you know than appealing to voters. The Party protects its incumbents. What are you gonna do? Vote for the other Party? 😂
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAlso, since they need to be re-elected they spend most of their time dialing for dollars and less time actually legislating.
There’s a big gap between “congress for life” and “term limits”, and that gap mostly consists of “winning re-election”.
Winning reelection in America is more about who you know than appealing to voters. The Party protects its incumbents.
What are you gonna do? Vote for the other Party? 😂
Also, since they need to be re-elected they spend most of their time dialing for dollars and less time actually legislating.