It's well past time to pass the term limit amendment that gets submitted to Congress every term. Congress is an abomination full of self-serving interests and people making laws to benefit themselves and their heirs at the cost of the rest of us. We need citizens who go to Congress to serve, then return to being a normal citizen, living under the laws they create!
I think the current bill says six years for Representatives and twelve years for Senators. My idea is a little different.
The problem isn't just people in Congress serving too long. Congressional staffers become just as entrenched and corrupt. For example, they were the first to exempt themselves from the Health Care (and Education) bill of 2010. My idea applies to them too. One reason the long-term, power-hungry congressmen give for not implementing term limits is the "parliamentarians" would be able to take advantage of the high turnover rate of new Representatives and Senators.
"No person shall serve as a Representative or Senator longer than twelve years in a lifetime. A person may serve twelve years in one house and then twelve years in the other. All persons employed by the legislative branch shall be limited to twelve years. This amendment shall apply to the term immediately following the ratification of this amendment."
I made that text up myself, so I'm sure some lawyer would have to work on it.
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