The
Cato Institute suggests that Congress should
- pass and send to the states for their approval a
constitutional amendment limiting senators to two terms in
office and representatives to three terms, in order to return
the legislature to citizen legislators.
In addition, Each member of Congress should
- commit to be a citizen legislator by limiting his or her time
in office to no more than three additional terms in the House of
Representatives and no more than two additional terms in the
Senate and
- keep that commitment.
- Term
Limits and the Need for a Citizen Legislature
- Term
Limits
- Term
Limits
- Real
Term Limits: Now More Than Ever
But why is it that voters simply don't vote long-term legislators
out of office? Should we amend the Constitution in order to prevent
short-term irresponsibility? We need vigilant voters, not a change
in our structure of government.
If Thomas Jefferson were running today on a platform of opposing
the growing socialism in Washington, I would vote for him term after
term after term, knowing that he will be outnumbered in Congress,
and that it will take a couple of generations to undue what has been
done over the last 100 or more years.
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