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Defend America on Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:20:13 AM
DeMint tries to ban 'permanent politicians'
By S.A. Miller
Sen. Jim DeMint says Washington politicians are like fruit on the vine: the longer they hang around, the more rotten they get.
The South Carolina Republican - hearkening back to the days of the
party's "Contract with America" - on Tuesday offered a fix to the
corrupting influence of "permanent politicians," introducing an
amendment to the Constitution that would limit Senate members to three
six-year terms and House members to three two-year terms.
"As long as members have the chance to spend their lives in
Washington, their interests will always skew toward spending taxpayer
dollars to buy off special interests, covering over corruption in the
bureaucracy, fundraising, relationship building among lobbyists, and
trading favors for pork - in short, amassing their own power," said Mr.
DeMint, who is running for a second term next year.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/nov/11/demint-revives-bill-to-ban-permanent-politicians/