01-04-2019, 05:59 PM
(01-04-2019, 05:43 PM)Benton Wrote: Well then it may not be much of an issue. Staff provide much (most?) Of the data that goes into decisions. May not be anything changes. Or maybe we start getting better staffers and better legislation.
Actually, the influence of staff on the policy decisions has been decreasing over time. Since about the '70s, we have seen members of Congress push higher and higher proportions of their staff to their local offices, leaving a vacuum of information in Washington. This vacuum has become filled with lobbyists as they write legislation for the elected members and provide them with information to sway them. By limiting the terms of Representatives and Senators, then there is going to be even more reliance on these outside sources of influence as the members will lack the expertise as well.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
