Sunday, January 26, 2020

Time to Tackle Term Limits for U.S. Members of Congress?

Should Republicans manage to retake the House in 2020 --which I predict they will-- while retaining their majority in the Senate, I cannot help but wonder: Would this new congressional majority be BRAVE enough to tackle the subject of Term Limits for members of the United States Congress  (working on setting up an on-line petition)?




How else can you effectively root out corruption and restore accountability to the U.S. Congress, given the abuses of power we've witnessed these past few months with the whole Impeachment Charade?

And what exactly would said term limits look like?  Limit of two terms served for a U.S. Senator and three for a U.S. Representative?  Any thoughts?  ... Would enough citizens be willing to step up to the plate in order to meet the increased demand/turnover in both the U.S. House of Representatives (2 years per single term) and the U.S. Senate (6 years per single term)?  Moreover, would this recurrent turnover infuse the United State Congress with a more bipartisan spirit, not to mention a plethora of new ideas?

This change would, however, require a Constitutional Convention and an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  Is America up for change on such a grand scale, I wonder??? I know I am!

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