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A top deputy to Massachusetts Senate President Karen E. Spilka is pushing a proposal to abolish limits on the chamber\u2019s\u00a0<\/b>leader, a move that could end a decades-long cap on power on Beacon Hill and extend Spilka\u2019s reign indefinitely.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

State Senator Michael Rodrigues, the chamber\u2019s budget chief, filed an amendment to the Senate\u2019s\u00a0proposed rules package<\/a>\u00a0seeking\u00a0<\/b>to eliminate a\u00a0<\/b>provision that says no senator in the 40-member body can hold the president\u2019s office \u201cfor more than 8 consecutive years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Good government advocates quickly opposed the measure, saying term limits have helped strengthen the democratic process.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201cWithout term limits, you run the risk of having leaders who must either be politically disposed, forced out under ethical clouds, or rarely, they might just lose interest and leave voluntarily. None of those scenarios are healthy,\u201d said Geoff Foster, executive director of Common Cause Massachusetts. \u201cTerm limits are really important to ensure stable transitions of power.\u201d<\/span><\/p>"}}]},"yoast_head":"\nMassachusetts Senate leaders making push to abolish term limits on chamber\u2019s president - Common Cause Massachusetts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-senate-leaders-making-push-to-abolish-term-limits-on-chambers-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massachusetts Senate leaders making push to abolish term limits on chamber\u2019s president\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press\/massachusetts-senate-leaders-making-push-to-abolish-term-limits-on-chambers-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Common Cause Massachusetts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/common-cause-share-image.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-senate-leaders-making-push-to-abolish-term-limits-on-chambers-president\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/massachusetts\/press-releases\/massachusetts-senate-leaders-making-push-to-abolish-term-limits-on-chambers-president\/\",\"name\":\"Massachusetts Senate leaders making push to abolish term limits on chamber\u2019s president - 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