Bureaucracy: The Pros And Cons Of A Senator Or Representative

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There are multiple pros and cons to having our U.S senators and Representatives in office for many terms. And this is in fact, a very debatable topic. As I have just read up on this issue, I find that I have an opinion which is favored but never makes it past the Congress voting process. I believe that there should indeed be a limit on the amount of years a senator or representative can serve.
One reason I have this is belief for the idea of bureaucracy. In short, bureaucracy is a system of government in which the majority of the decisions are made by the state officials, not the representatives. And bureaucracy is something that our government can definitely be apart of, some of the time. So that means that electing state representatives

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