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Article: Term Limits Backers Begin the Blame Game As House Defeat Looms
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- The Washington Post
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- March 29, 1995
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Anticipating defeat today on the first House vote on limiting
congressional terms, supporters spent yesterday talking about who to
blame.
Republicans blamed Democrats, who overwhelmingly oppose term
limits. Democratic supporters of term limits faulted GOP leaders. And
the leader of one term limits group charged another had failed to
rally public support.
Two weeks ago, GOP leaders postponed the historic vote on the
proposed constitutional amendment, a prominent part of the House GOP
"Contract With America," to give activist groups time to turn up the
political pressure. But vote counts yesterday stood about as short as
they were in the middle of March. The only public convert has been ...