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Michigan Term Limits NPR's Don Gonyea reports that several states are about to feel the full force of term-limits legsilation passed in recent years. Eighteen states have term-limits laws on the books. But the first to be affected will be Michigan, where two out of three state representatives must step down in January. Many of the lawmakers on the way out say the turnover will diminish the clout their constituents have at the state capitol.

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NPR's Don Gonyea reports that several states are about to feel the full force of term-limits legsilation passed in recent years. Eighteen states have term-limits laws on the books. But the first to be affected will be Michigan, where two out of three state representatives must step down in January. Many of the lawmakers on the way out say the turnover will diminish the clout their constituents have at the state capitol.