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Life with term limits: who wins, who loses and who cares. Mary Lou Cooper.
State News August 2004 v47 i7 p11(3)

Instructions: Locate this article by visiting http://www.infotrac-college.com and entering "life term limits" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.

1. Did term limits change the economic, social, gender, and racial characteristics of legislatures?



2. How have term limits changed the power balance between legislatures and governors?



3. How have term limits affected party leaders and committee chairs?



4. What is the level of support for term limits among the public? What about among legislators?