Republicans Get to Work on Trump’s Agenda by Proposing Constitutional Amendment on Term Limits
Republicans in Congress are already getting to work on trying to implement Donald Trump’s agenda.
Rep. Ralph Norman (R-NC) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) this week put forward a joint resolution seeking to limit the number of terms members of Congress can serve.
Under the terms of the amendment, U.S. senators would be restricted to two six-year terms and representatives in the U.S. House to three two-year terms.
According to the resolution, the amendment would take effect within seven years of being approved by Congress and ratified by the states.
Cruz said of the legislation:
Term limits are critical to fixing what’s wrong with Washington, D.C.
The Founding Fathers envisioned a government of citizen legislators who would serve for a few years and return home, not a government run by a small group of special interests and lifelong, permanently entrenched politicians who prey upon the brokenness of Washington to govern in a manner that is totally unaccountable to the American people.
Term limits bring about long-overdue accountability. I urge my colleagues to advance this amendment to the states so that it may be quickly ratified and become a constitutional amendment.
Norman echoed these sentiments.
“Elected office should represent a short-term privilege of public service, not a career choice,” he said.
“Those of us in Congress ought to serve for a reasonable period of time and then return home to live under the laws we enacted.”
Among those sponsoring the resolution include Senators Mike Lee of Utah, Rick Scott of Florida, Rand Paul of Kentucky, Todd Young of Indiana, Steve Daines of Montana, Cynthia Lummis of Wyoming, Bill Hagerty of Tennessee, Eric Schmitt of Missouri, Roger Marshall of Kansas, Katie Britt of Alabama and Jim Banks of Indiana.
Yet unlike normal legislation, this proposal would require a constitutional amendment.
In order for it to pass, it must pass by a two-thirds majority vote in the House and Senate and then be ratified by at least 38 out of 50 states.
The issue of term limits has become a hot button topic over recent years, particularly with the refusal of the late California Senator Dianne Feinstein to give up her seat until her death.
President-elect Donald Trump has long been in favor of term limits, speaking about the idea as early as 2016.
However, he was unable to get them approved during his first term in office, mainly because the president had no formal role in ratifying constitutional amendments.
According to a Pew Research poll taken in 2023, a whopping 87 percent of the American public support the idea of term limits.
This support was split equally between Democrats and Republicans, suggesting it has wide bipartisan support.
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