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Term Limits for the House and Senate

Why Is This Idea Important?: Once members of the House and Senate get into office, they spend far too much time just trying to stay in office. Many don't have the time to read the bills that they vote on! We need more frequent turnover in office to get new ideas to keep pace with our changing nation and world.

The Twenty-second Amendment of the United States Constitution sets a term limit for the President of the United States. The United States Congress passed the amendment on March 21, 1947. It was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 27, 1951. However, there are no such limits for members serving in the House or Senate. I propose that House members be limited to 3 terms (6 years) and Senators be limited to 2 terms (12 years) -- these terms are long enough to provide continuity of the government, but short enough to insure turnover to minimize the effect of name recognition in elections, to reduce the tendency for members to abuse their offices for personal gain, pork-barrel spending, and a host of other problems caused by the present seniority systems in both houses of congress.

Submitted by Jan Hollis 3 years ago

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  1. dlrichter

    ...and here is how we will get it: http://pushbackuntil.com

    3 years ago
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  2. Jan Hollis Idea Submitter

    Here's the low down on the 535 members of the House and Senate -- ample reason for term limits:

    http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

    3 years ago
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