Lawmakers Propose Amendment to Congressional Term Limits

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Under the proposal by Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Ralph Norman, House members would be ineligible to run after their third term, senators after their second.

Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.) have introduced joint resolutions in the Senate and House respectively, calling for congressional term limits.

โ€œWith the evident abuse of power that has taken place in Congress, the notion of term limits is basic common sense,โ€ Norman said in an emailed statement.

The amendment would limit House members to three terms of two years, and Senate members to two terms of six years.

However, terms that began before the amendmentโ€™s ratification are not counted towards the total number. This has relevance for Cruz, who began a third term in the Senate this year.

โ€œThe 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,โ€ Cruz said.

The action currently has support in both chambers of Congressโ€”11 senators and 29 members of the Houseโ€”but it is no small feat to amend the U.S. Constitution.

The amendment will require support from two-thirds of the House and of the Senate and agreement by three-fourths of states to be ratified.

Cruz and Norman have repeatedly introduced term limits during their time in Congress.

Cruzโ€™s 2023 version of the bill did not make it out of committee.

Normanโ€™s House version was also voted down 17โ€“19 in the House Judiciary Committee that same year.

The vote was not entirely along party lines.

Four Republicansโ€”Reps. Harriet Hageman (Wyo.), Darrell Issa (Calif.), Tom McClintock (Calif.), and Scott Fitzgerald (Wis.)โ€”sided with Democrats to kill the bill.

At that time, Hageman told Fox News that she felt forcing term limits denied voters a choice.

โ€œWe already have term limits, although we call them elections, and in the House, we have them every two years,โ€ she said.

Byย Stacy Robinson

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