just vote them out (or give $ to their opponents)!

70% of Americans support having term limits for the US Congress.  But law changes or amendments to enact term limits are not happening - this is because the very people who are empowered to pass these changes are the ones who would be affected. The fox is not going to lock himself out of the hen house.

Currently we have 21 US senators (out of 100) who have been in office for more than 20 years.  And we have 61 representatives (out of 435) who have been in office for over 20 years.  These most senior members of Congress control and squander the power of the Senate and the House.  Some are so senile they are nothing but political party figureheads or puppets   Many are there only for self-serving reasons - they do next to nothing to serve our country or its people.  These congressional seniors have overstayed their usefulness and in their lingering-on they are poisoning the ideals, the energy and the vitality of the freshmen.

To improve the way our US government performs and ultimately, for the sake of bettering our nation, we should be ridding our congress of these career politicians.  We can do that by voting them out of office as their bids for re-election elections come up.  It's that easy, well almost that easy.  Unfortunately you can only vote for/against those in your state or district.

But there is something else you can do.  Pick out your least favorite career politician from the lists below and send $10 to his/her opponent's campaign fund!   Imagine if 10 million Americans did just this, and that the they focused their contributions on to just two targets. $100,000,000 ought to be plenty to get rid of two career politicians.  And this would give a strong message to others of their ilk: "get out of the way or we'll send you out!".

By the way, Nancy Pelosi (in the House for 25 years) is up for re-election this November. You might want to send $10 to her opponent John Dennis.  Donate to John Dennis' campaign. (I just gave them $10.)

Senator Orrin Hatch (Senator for 35 years) is also up for re-election this fall. You might want to sent $10 to his opponent Scott Howell.  Donate to Scott Howell's campaign. (I just gave them $10 too.)


Here are the lists of congress members to put out of office (>20 yrs in Congress as of August 2012):

Current Senators who’ve been in office over 20 years

1.            Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)              Jan. 9, 1963

2.            Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)      Jan. 3, 1975

3.            Dick Lugar (R-Ind.)           Jan. 3, 1977

4.            Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)      Jan. 3, 1977

5.            Max Baucus (D-Mont.)  Dec. 15, 1978

6.            Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) Dec. 27, 1978

7.            Carl Levin (D-Mich.)        Jan. 3, 1979

8.            Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)               Jan. 3, 1981

9.            Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)                Jan. 3, 1983

10.          John Kerry (D-Mass.)     Jan. 3, 1985

11.          Tom Harkin (D-Iowa)      Jan. 3, 1985

12.          Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)               Jan. 3, 1985

13.          Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.)            Jan. 15, 1985

14.          Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)             Jan. 6, 1987

15.          Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)  Jan. 6, 1987

16.          John McCain (R-Ariz.)     Jan. 6, 1987

17.          Harry Reid (D-Nev.)        Jan. 6, 1987

18.          Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)     Jan. 6, 1987

19.          Herb Kohl (D-Wis.)          Jan. 3, 1989

20.          Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.)               Jan. 3, 1989

21.          Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii)                April 28, 1990

Current House of Representative Members who’ve been in office for over 20yrs

1.            John Dingell (D-Mich.)   Dec. 13, 1955

2.            John Conyers (D-Mich.)                Jan. 3, 1965

3.            Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)  Jan. 3, 1971

4.            Bill Young (R-Fla.)             Jan. 3, 1971

5.            Pete Stark (D-Calif.)        Jan. 3, 1973

6.            Don Young (R-Alaska)    March 6, 1973

7.            George Miller (D-Calif.) Jan. 3, 1975

8.            Henry Waxman (D-Calif.)              Jan. 3, 1975

9.            Ed Markey (D-Mass.)     Nov. 2, 1976

10.          Norm Dicks (D-Wash.)   Jan. 3, 1977

11.          Dale Kildee (D-Mich.)     Jan. 3, 1977

12.          Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.)     Jan. 3, 1977

13.          Jerry Lewis (R-Calif.)       Jan. 3, 1979

14.          Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.)       Jan. 3, 1979

15.          Tom Petri (R-Wis.)           April 3, 1979

16.          David Dreier (R-Calif.)    Jan. 3, 1981

17.          Barney Frank (D-Mass.)                Jan. 3, 1981

18.          Ralph Hall (R-Texas)        Jan. 3, 1981

19.          Hal Rogers (R-Ky.)            Jan. 3, 1981

20.          Chris Smith (R-N.J.)         Jan. 3, 1981

21.          Frank Wolf (R-Va.)           Jan. 3, 1981

22.          Steny Hoyer (D-Md.)      May 19, 1981

23.          Howard Berman (D-Calif.)            Jan. 3, 1983

24.          Dan Burton (R-Ind.)        Jan. 3, 1983

25.          Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio)  Jan. 3, 1983

26.          Sander Levin (D-Mich.)  Jan. 3, 1983

27.          Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)              Jan. 3, 1983

28.          Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)               March 1, 1983

29.          Joe Barton (R-Texas)      Jan. 3, 1985

30.          Howard Coble (R-N.C.)  Jan. 3, 1985

31.          Peter Visclosky (D-Ind.)                Jan. 3, 1985

32.          Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.)  Jan. 3, 1987

33.          Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.)  Jan. 3, 1987

34.          Wally Herger (R-Calif.)   Jan. 3, 1987

35.          John Lewis (D-Ga.)          Jan. 3, 1987

36.          Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)             Jan. 3, 1987

37.          Lamar Smith (R-Texas)   Jan. 3, 1987

38.          Fred Upton (R-Mich.)     Jan. 3, 1987

39.          Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)   June 2, 1987

40.          Jerry Costello (D-Ill.)       Aug. 9, 1988

41.          Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)    Nov. 8, 1988

42.          John Duncan (R-Tenn.)  Nov. 8, 1988

43.          Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)          Jan. 3, 1989

44.          Nita Lowey (D-N.Y.)        Jan. 3, 1989

45.          Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)           Jan. 3, 1989

46.          Richard Neal (D-Mass.)  Jan. 3, 1989

47.          Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)        Jan. 3, 1989

48.          Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.)        Jan. 3, 1989

49.          Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.)        Aug. 29, 1989

50.          José Serrano (D-N.Y.)                March 20, 1990

51.          Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)              Nov. 6, 1990

52.          Ron Paul (R-Texas)          Jan. 3, 1997(previously served 7 years)

53.          David Price (D-N.C.)        Jan. 3, 1997(previously served 7 years)

54.          John Boehner (R-Ohio) Jan. 3, 1992

55.          Dave Camp (R-Mich.)     Jan. 3, 1992

56.          Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.)               Jan. 3, 1992

57.          Jim Moran (D-Va.)           Jan. 3, 1992

58.          Collin Peterson (D-Minn.)            Jan. 3, 1992

59.          Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)              Jan. 3, 1992

60.          Sam Johnson (R-Texas) May 8, 1992

61.          John Olver (D-Mass.)     June 4, 1992