LTE: We need term limits for Congress

Staff Writer
The Intelligencer

A (June 24) letter writer has stumbled upon an astounding fact: U.S. congressmen and congresswomen largely vote along party lines. Who'da thunk it? Although his source actually measures votes in agreement with President Trump's positions and not actual party votes.

He is correct that Brian Fitzpatrick's first term showed votes in line with Trump's position 84.4% of the time. He conveniently left out that in the second term that number was 38%. Oops.

Using the writer’s source and definition of voting along party lines, he also conveniently omitted the fact that among nearby representatives (Democrats), Brendan Boyle voted with his party 96% of the time in the 115th Congress, and 80% in the current 116th.

Then we have newcomer Madeleine Dean showing her true colors by voting along party lines 95.9% of the time. Shocking indeed. Unfortunately, the only solution is something we shall never see in our lifetimes. Term limits for Congress.

Bob Craig