Just days after ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the top leadership position, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) signaled he’d be willing to raise the threshold for a future motion to vacate — but only if Republicans agree to vote on a number of political reforms.
If they know they’re going to be a Congress member for life… they’re also going to maximize the amount of money they can get paid lol
This is a very good counterpoint imo. I know it’s a bit of a slippery slope argument, but thinking about this as an “in for a penny, in for a pound” kind of scenario really does empirically align with human nature. If you’re willing to sell out for something comparably small at the start, you’ll think less of it next time your donors ask for more, and it goes on and on with no end in sight.
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.