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Congress term limits imeme9/22/2023 Please leave your thoughts below– I am about reasoned conversation and open discussion. Today, members of Congress may remain in Congress as long as they continue to get elected. It’s not about a particular political party- it’s about leaders inability to use reason and compromise in order to make a more functional government.īy 1951 the 22nd Amendment was passed and instituting term limits on the presidency. This is what I see as a major contributing factor to the growing dysfunction in our government. As you can see in 1982, 58 member of the Senate had overlapping ideological views and as the years progressed fewer and fewer members had overlapping ideological views. The following is only a “correlation” not a causation, I am aware– but it is still interesting. Isn’t it time to remember our government isn’t made up of one person– but many people. Yet, the general public seems to let Congress members get by with very little attention and scathing- allowing all their hatred and dissatisfaction rain down on a single person. Healthy debate that leads to compromises which are good for the people seems to be a thing of the past for most members of Congress. Congress could work together to figure out a budget that actually means not raising the debt ceiling, for example. Congress could also put their foot down today- but it appears that Congress isn’t actually functioning anymore. Congress could have put their strength and might against going into war after war, which continues to drain our finances. Yet, here we are bashing on and picking on the leaders of our country – (who the people did vote for) – forgetting, it seems that they don’t actually work alone. Since memes weren’t as big when Bush (2001-2009) was in office, I found it a little harder to find a good example– Memes seem to be making it so easy for people to spew hatred. Lately, I’ve seen a lot of things like this popping up in my social media. If we are serious about draining the swamp in Washington, term limits should be one of our top priorities.Has anyone else noticed how people love “a” scapegoat. Senate would be limited to two six-year terms of service.Ĭongressional term limits will provide the Legislature with new people who have fresh ideas and are strictly focused on serving the interests of their constituents during their short time in Congress. House of Representatives would be limited to three two-year terms of service. The bill I co-sponsored proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve. The same logic should be applied to Congress. The 22nd Amendment imposed a two-term limit on the presidency as a check on executive power in government. In fact, we have already amended our Constitution to impose term limits on the office of the President. Thankfully, the Framers devised a brilliant method to modify our Constitution, granting us the ability to implement term limits through the amendment process. It is time for a major reform to the system. As a result, all we are left with is unsolved problems and a $27 trillion national debt (and counting!) It turns out that when members of Congress spend every waking moment of their term consumed with their own re-election prospects, the concerns of Americans fall by the wayside. The American people are fed up with this status quo. Washington, D.C., has increasingly become a place where politicians arrive with the sole objective of permanently staying in power. In recognition of that, I moved swiftly to co-sponsor a Constitutional Amendment that imposes term limits on all members of Congress. I understand that I was sent to Washington to fulfill my promises and serve the needs of my constituents.
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