Bill Introduced to Change Term Limits for President (H.J. Res. 15)

While the country was discussing the Fiscal Cliff, guns, and Hurricane Sandy, a new bill was introduced in Congress on Friday.

Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY15) put forth a bill, now called “H.J. Res. 15″, that proposes “an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President”.

According to GovTrack, it was then “[r]eferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary”. Further, “[t]his resolution was assigned to a congressional committee on January 4, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate .....

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Los Zetas are well armed and equipped, and unlike other traditional criminal organizations in Mexico, drug trafficking makes up at least 50% of their revenue, while a large portion of the income comes from other activities directed against both rival drug cartels and civilians;[9] their brutal tactics, which include beheadings, torture and indiscriminate slaughter, show that they often prefer brutality over bribery.[9] Los Zetas are also Mexico’s largest drug cartel in terms of geographical presence, overtaking its rivals, the Sinaloa Cartel.[12] Los Zetas also operate through protection rackets, assassinations, extortion, kidnappings, and other criminal activities.[13] The organization is based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, directly across the border from Laredo, Texas.[14][15]

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cotton1706: This won’t get a 2/3 vote in either house. It’s dead.

Unless corrupt lawmakers have a scheme to trash the Constitution's Article V, all talk of new amendments to the Constitution is PC hot air imo. This is because the corrupt federal government cannot afford for low-information voters to find out that only the states, not the federal government, have the power to ratify proposed amendments to the Constitution.

After all, once Constitution-ignorant voters find out that the states have absolute control over what the Constitution says, then they will catch on to the idea that the states have absolute control over the federal government, not vice-versa as is popularly and wrongly thought. And if such knowledge became widespread it would throw a monkey wrench into the Progressive Movement agenda to unconstitutionally centralize government power in DC.

Note that govTrack.us's prognosis of this proposal going anywhere is 0%.

H.J.Res. 15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

Congressional term limits. 2 terms of 2 years each. 1 6 year senate term.

The problem we face is bureaucratic despotism. Through term limits on elected representatives we'd just be empowering the bureaucrats at the expense of our own representation. The Dems have already proven that term limits matter little when you control the bureaucracy, look at California. Effectively the government has been permanently ceded an disproportionate stake in it's own guidance.

What will really make a difference is limits on the lifetime of laws and regulations, and a requirement that laws and regulations be regularly put to the vote for continued existence. Similarly effective would be ineligibility of public (elected or appointed) office for government workers and vice versa. The target is breaking the cycle of government empowerment.

Another thing is to put an end to foreign meddling in our government affairs. Lobbyists, campaign support, etc. Doesn't matter how benign we think it is, state or federal, it's all about suborning the legitimacy of the government for foreign interests. I would go so far as to say anyone who decides to "go government" must be officially held to a higher standard, not a lower standard (so no evading speeding tickets or immunity from insider trading laws). You want your private life? Resign and it's all yours after a suitable waiting period.

I don't think it would hurt to have a larger house of representatives - that way we'd have more accountable people to do the work of overseeing the government to offset the vast body of unelected, unaccountable people currently doing the job. We should probably limit congressional staff too so only elected representatives are doing the job they applied for. No fair putting a figurehead in the legislature and supporting them with a taxpayer funded staff. In fact, States should probably be responsible for supporting their own congressional delegations.

Some of what I've suggested should also apply to state and local governments.

"No lifelong benefits or retirement pay. Do your job and go home."

And make them true public servants - no pay.

Or put them on straight commission, they get to keep a tiny percentage of whatever they cut out of the budget. Then put CSPAN on pay per view, folks would pay to watch that circus.

Oh, and for healthcare they get to sign up for Obummercare.

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