WASHINGTON Democrats on Tuesday blocked consideration of aconstitutional amendment to limit terms of members of Congress to 12years, scuttling the measure for the rest of the year despite pollsshowing the issue is enormously popular with voters.
Republicans immediately vowed to take the issue to the countryin November's elections and raise it again in the next Congress.
The amendment was blocked after Republicans squelched aDemocratic move to force a vote on broadening it to bar re-electionof lawmakers who already have served at least 12 years. Thatamendment would have threatened the careers of nearly half theSenate's members.Democrats argued the Republicans' …
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