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      "id": 100942,
      "date": "2000-11-20",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:32:11.225941",
      "title": "Term Limits for Members of Congress: Issues in the 106th Congress",
      "summary": "Congressional efforts to limit federal lawmakers' tenure have waned since 1997, but supporters'\ndiffering strategies, various service limits at the federal and state levels, and the most recent general\nelection are keeping the issue alive. Some proponents have changed their goal from mandatory\nlimits through a constitutional amendment to voluntary limits through candidates' pledges to limit\ntheir own tenure. Fifty-nine Members of the 106th Congress have pledged to limit their service,\nincluding 10 who will reach their self-imposed limit at the end of this Congress. House Members\nwho have served as chair of the same committee or subcommittee since 1995 will also reach the 6-\nyear chairmanship limit established in House rules since 1995. At the state level, a total of 373 state\nlegislators (in 12 of the 19 states that limit their state lawmakers' service) were ineligible for\nreelection in 2000. Term limits were also an issue in the 2000 general election. Some proponents\nwere committed to recruiting and supporting candidates who pledged to limit their own tenure, and\nto campaigning against those who did not take the pledge or who took the pledge but broke it. This\nreport will be updated as events warrant during106th Congress.",
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    "Constitutional Questions",
    "Economic Policy"
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