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    Sen. Joe Manchin on Political Compromise

    “I’m not making any of those predictions … I will not be a spoiler. I have never been a spoiler of anything,” said Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) when asked if he plans to run for national office i…

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    Faith and Freedom Coalition, Senator Rand Paul

    Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) spoke at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” policy conference at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. He talked about a disconnect between p…

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    After Words with George Will

    George Will talked about his book One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation (Crown Forum; June 3, 2008). The book is a compilation of his columns and reviews f…

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    Are Term Limits the Answer?

    Three supporters and three opponents of political term limits examined whether term limits would address such problems as special interest influence and the power of incumbents. The event w…

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    Congressional Term Limits

    In an excerpt, members debated a constitutional amendment on congressional term limits.

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    Term Limitations: Housecleaning or Sham?

    The panel talked about term limits. Topics included the history, benefits, and drawbacks to term limitations. They also talked about the phenomenon of the incumbent advantage, where incumben…

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    Restoration

    George F. Will spoke about his book, “Restoration: Congress, Term Limits, and the Recovery of Deliberative Democracy.” Mr. Will criticized the American political process for encouraging “car…

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    History of Congressional Redistricting

    Experts spoke about the history of congressional redistricting. They described redistricting during the early years of the United States, uses and abuses of the process during America’s his…

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    Congressional Term Limits

    Members of Congress spoke to reporters about the merits of self-imposed term limits and announced the establishment of the “citizen legislator caucus” to support those who set term limits fo…

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    Is Politics Broken?

    Participants discussed the problems and dilemmas in United States politics. This forum discussed term limits and what impact they could have on government. Law professors, academics and jour…

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    Harvard Moot Court

    Harvard Law School held its annual moot court competition. Students argued the case of League of Women Voters v. Murphy, which focused on the constitutionality of voter initiatives in severa…

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    Bates v. Jones Oral Argument

    Bates v Jones is a case that dealt with California state term limits, specifically California Proposition 140. A three-judge panel of this court overturned the law in August 1997 after heari…

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    Term Limits Debate

    House members debated H.J. Resolution 2, a constitutional amendment sponsored by Representative Bill McCollum (R-FL) that would limit representatives to six two-year terms and senators to tw…

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    Washington Journal: Tuesday

    Current news events and political issues were examined through reviews of the morning newspapers; interviews with journalists, newsmakers and legislators; and viewer telephone calls, faxes a…

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    Term Limits Package

    C-SPAN showed Senate and interview clips to highlight debate over a term limits constitutional amendment. The measure fell two votes short in a cloture vote.

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    Term Limits

    James Brosnan , Washington Correspondent, talked about the Senate agenda, including an upcoming vote on term limits, and Tennessee’s two freshmen Senators, Frist and Thompson. He also answer…

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    Term Limits Package

    C-SPAN showed interview and Senate clips highlighting the debate over a constitutional amendment on term limits. Benjamin Sheffner of Roll Call provided an overview of the debate.

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    Term Limits

    Roll Call writer Benjamin Sheffner talked about the Senate debate on a constitutional amendment to limit representatives and senators to 12 years each.

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    Open Phones: Term Limits

    Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments and questions regarding congressional term limits.

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    United We Stand America Day 2 Part 4

    Republican presidential candidates outlined their visions and agendas for the nation. Legislators and others talked about various issues. In this portion, candidates Gramm, Taylor and Specte…

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