January 04, 2017 12:14 PM UTC

Term Limits Amendment introduced into Congress.

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• by: cologeek

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20170103_TermLimitsBill.pdf

The short version, (not that the bill is long at all) no more than 3 terms in the House, and 2 in the Senate.  That’s total terms, they don’t have to be consecutive.  Once you’ve served your limit, you can’t be appointed or re-elected.  You’re done.

I have always liked the idea of term limits for Congresscritters, too many people in D.C. have been there so long, their thinking has twisted.  Being able to stay at the table indefinitely has led to the fight to stay there becoming all important.  The running of government has become secondary to the campaigning to stay part of it.

Is this a panacea to fix all ills in politics?  No.  But we have a Professional Political Class who have come to believe that Washington D.C. is the only part of the country that matters.  Maybe having fresh faces and fresh thinking entering Congress on a regular basis will lead to better government.  This last election has shown that the status quo isn’t all that popular.