] we are wise to follow their wisdom (Jackson-Lee 4)." Representative Bill Archer (7th District, Texas) also shared Rep. Jackson-Lee's thoughts on term limits, and he also voted against the proposals considered by the House on February 12, 1997. He discloses that 61% of the current House membership, and 44% of the Senate were, was elected within the last six years; as a result, "the last few elections certainly demonstrate that our country isexperiencing term limits naturally." Archer also feels that since the percentage of House members serving three years or less is higher in the 105th Congress than in and other Congress elected since 1952, "clearly, the voters have demonstrated their willingness to replace members they believe are not adequately representing them (Archer 1)." Conversely, Representative Kevin Brady (8th District, Texas) believes that term limits are a good way to attain the goal of keeping government "as near to the people as possible", and showed this by voting for H.J. Resolution 2 in order to limit House members to six terms-twelve years- and Senate members to two terms-twelve years. From Brady's experience in the Texas legislature and in Congress, he feels that "limiting members of the U.S. House equally to six terms providesmembers ample time to represent their constituents effectively, while preserving the original intent of a citizen-driven Congress." By rotation legislation, he hopes "to ensure...new ideas and fresh citizens perspectives (Brady 1)." Another advocate of term limits, Rep. Ron Paul (14th District, Texas) actually introduced the first term limitation bill of the modern era and has voted in favor of each bill introduced to limit Congressional terms to twelve years. However, term limits only somewhat address the issue of "career politicians." To limit the lawmaking power of such individuals, Paul aims to eliminate "perks like the pension system" in addition to mandatory rotation-...
