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Text of H. J. Res. 17: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second... Back to Bill Status Show this version: Download PDF Full Text on THOMAS Compare to this version: Show changes: Side-by-side Highlighted Expand all sections Collapse all sections Link to this view Jan 7, 2011 - Introduced in House. This is the original text of the bill as it was written by its sponsor and submitted to the House for consideration. This is the latest version of the bill currently available on GovTrack. HJ 17 IH 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H....

Section 1. : No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during...

Rush Limbaugh is suggesting that President Barack Obama and his political operatives already are laying the groundwork for a third term. “You have to wonder if Obama is just trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016,” Limbaugh told his national radio audience. “I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next number of years there is a move on the 22nd Amendment.” Limbaugh has a point. Upon Obama's taking office, Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., introduced legislation in the House to repeal the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which limits...

Rush Limbaugh is suggesting that President Barack Obama and his political opertives are laying the groundwork for a third term." You have to wonder if obama is trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016" "Limbaugh told his national radio audience " I wouldn't be suprised at all if in the next number of years there is a move on the 22nd Amendment"

Yeah, I know Jose Serrano introduced a House resolution to repeal the 22nd Amendment a few months ago. He did the same thing in 2003. It went nowhere then and it’ll go nowhere now. Help me figure this out: Conservatives are absolutely convinced that Obamanomics was, is, and can only be an unmitigated disaster for the country, so much so that the chief strategy among the base for a Republican revival at the moment is to sit back, watch liberalism implode, and then welcome back voters to the right with open arms. If all of that’s true and a backlash...

You have to wonder if Obama is just trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next number of years there is a move on the 22nd Amendment, which term limits the President of the United States. He may not do it that way, he may not openly try to change the Constitution. But there might be this movement in the country from his cult-like followers to support the notion that a democratically-elected leader who is loved and adored has carte blanc...

Limbaugh: Obama planning third term @ 4:21 pm by Eric Zimmermann Rush Limbaugh stirred up some trouble today when he suggested Obama might have his sights on a third term: You have to wonder if Obama is just trying to lay a foundation for not being a hypocrite when he tries to serve beyond 2016. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in the next number of years there is a move on the 22nd Amendment, which term limits the President of the United States. He may not do it that way, he may not openly try to change the...

Activists seeking to eliminate the Electoral College in favor of a popular vote to elect the president boast that their movement is almost one-fifth the way to its goal. Four states – Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey – which represent 50 of the 270 electoral votes needed to declare a presidential election winner, have committed to an agreement whereby they would grant their electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote, a move that – if adopted by enough states – would reduce the Electoral College to irrelevancy. With most of the nation's states considering similar bills...

With President-elect Barack Obama set to take the oath of office to begin his first term, one New York Congressman wants to make it possible for him to one day serve a third. Representative Jose Serrano (D) has introduced a bill in the House to abolish the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which limits presidents to two consecutive terms or ten years in office.

Representative Jose Serrano (D-NY) has introduced House Joint Resolution 5—a measure that would initiate steps aimed at repealing the 22nd Amendment to the US Constitution. The Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951, limits an individual to two elected four-year terms as president. “The idea that a man of such immense talent and vision as Barack Obama should be discarded after only eight years in office is foolish,” Serrano contended. “At only 47 years old, he could easily serve another 20 years or more. Why should the nation be forced to settle for lesser men as long as he’s willing...

President-elect Barack Obama capped the first day of his inaugural celebration here before a crowd of about 40,000 people by calling for a “new Declaration of Independence” and a return to the idealism of 1776. Yesterday, Atlas reported the uh, disturbing news that Obama was taking a page from his role models Chavez and Castro, and 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.

On January 6th, Congressman Jose Serrano from the Bronx introduced a bill in the House of Representatives calling for a repeal of the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. For those who are not aware of what that is, it is sometimes known as the "Roosevelt" amendment, adopted in 1951, setting term-limits on the United States Presidency. Franklin Roosevelt, recall, was elected four times - the only President in the nation's history to be elected more than twice.Mr. Serrano is calling for a Constitutional Amendment making the 22nd null and void.The bill is short and sweet.It reads...

As Inauguration Day approaches and Barack Obama prepares to assume his first term as president, some in Congress are hoping to make it possible for the Democrat to not only seek a second term in office, but a third and fourth as well. The U.S. House Committee on the Judiciary is considering a bill that would repeal the Constitution's 22nd Amendment prohibiting a president from being elected to more than two terms in office. Rep. Jose Serrano, D-N.Y., earlier this month introduced the bill, H. J. Res. 5, which, according to the bill's language, proposes "an amendment to the Constitution...

Maybe I'm just being too cynical, but somehow I doubt that Rep. Jose Serrano introduced HJ Res 5 in order to allow George W Bush to run for a third term in office. One week ago, the New York Democrat introduced a measure to repeal the 22nd Amendment, which provides the only term limit on federal office - the Presidency. The amendment, added in 1951, restricts anyone from seeking a third term in office, and Serrano wants that repealed. Why now? Apparently, the notion of Hope and Change has overwhelmed Serrano to the point that he just can't stand to...

Dean: Americans Don't Want Another Bush Term December 12, 2007 Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean issued the following statement following the Republican Des Moines Register/Iowa Public Television debate today: "Every single one of the Republican candidates on the stage today had the same message: four more years of Bush/Cheney policies. What the Republicans fail to realize with their rhetoric is that the American people don't want a third Bush term, they want a new direction for our country. Tomorrow on the stage that's exactly what Iowans and the rest of America will see in the Democratic candidates, the kind...

VOTERS WILL never elect Bill Clinton's wife as president of the United States. They may yet elect Hillary Clinton - if she makes the case. It's tempting to believe Bill Clinton is the one super surrogate who can make the difference in his wife's presidential campaign. A new CBS/New York Times national poll indicated that 44 percent of Democratic primary voters said they were more likely to vote for Hillary Clinton because of her husband. Only 1 percent said they were more likely to vote for Barack Obama because of his celebrity backer, Oprah Winfrey. But people don't always tell...

If Hillary Clinton becomes the first woman president, she’ll accomplish another “first” that supporters are less eager to acknowledge: She’ll be the first candidate to win with the support of many who are really more interested in the candidate’s spouse. “The underlying reason is a yearning for a Bill Clinton third term,” one South Florida Democratic official who supports Clinton said privately. “The feeling is that he is a power behind the throne.”

Regular Guy Paul linked to an Ann Coulter column suggesting that if we took the vote away from women, we'd never have another Democratic president.  I'm almost tempted to sidetrack this post because I caught a hilarious comment in the comments section that rebutted the notion that fascism is a leftist ideology - it most definitely is - but that's for another day. I'm not even interested in Coulter's comments per se, considering they were mostly tongue-in-cheek, but something that Paul said caught my attention. Generally speaking, I would support repealing all the Constitutional amendments of the 20th century. So...

Mrs Hillary Clinton, Senator from New York State, is one of the leading contenders for the Democratic Party’s nomination for President of the USA in 2008. But a question arises, as she is the wife of a former two-term President, whether her candidacy is legally allowed under the US Constitution and American law. America’s first President, George Washington, held office for two consecutive four-year terms and declined to run for a third term in 1796. From that time onwards to Franklin D. Roosevelt, it became a constitutional custom in the USA that no President would serve for more than two...

Make no mistake. Those in Washington sworn to preserve the American Republic are hell bent on bringing it down; worst of all, both parties are doing their part to see that it happens. Once considered a service to one’s nation, politics has become even more than just a career – it has become a tragic bloodlust. The thirst for political power by has become so insatiable there’s a new bill recently introduced in Congress to prove it.

Bills introduced in Congress to repeal 8-year restriction of 22nd Amendment WASHINGTON – One thing is certain about the 2008 presidential election campaign that begins in one year: It won't involve George W. Bush as a candidate. But bipartisan legislation to repeal the 22nd Amendment restriction of two terms for U.S. presidents could change that certainty for future presidents. Two of the most passionate congressional advocates of such a move – Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-MD, and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, R-WI – have teamed up to sponsor a resolution that would represent the first step toward that change in the U.S....

How to bring back Bill A Clinton-Clinton 2008 ticket is constitutionally possible. WASHINGTON, D.C., AND MADISON, N.J. – Americans are nostalgic for the 1990s. They long for a time when terrorism was perceived as a problem confined to foreign lands and when the stock market's rise seemed unstoppable. And, it turns out, many of them miss former President Bill Clinton. In a recent poll conducted for CNN, respondents favored Mr. Clinton over President Bush on a variety of issues, including policy areas traditionally viewed as GOP strongholds. By a wide margin, those surveyed indicated that Clinton did a better...

Conservative columnist John Podhoretz would like to support the Bush Administration. Indeed, it appears that he does. But recent events have left him an unhappy camper: "The more we learn about the Dubai ports deal, the less worrisome it seems. The more we see the White House in action these days, however, the more worrisome it seems -- for conservatives and Republicans, at least. Democrats and liberals have every reason to be beside themselves with glee. "'Can't anybody here play this game?' baseball manager Casey Stengel famously cried out in the midst of the legendarily awful first-season team fielded by...

Third Term Presidency Amendment Idea . . . Should Be Nixed Kaye Grogan If there is one thing the country doesn’t need-- it’s a possible third term presidency from former President Bill Clinton. Why should he get a third chance to mess things up? It’s taken awhile to restore things back to normalcy in the White House, as it is. Rumors are swirling all around that a compromise could be reached between the Republicans and Democrats, if some of the Republicans would help to amend the Constitution allowing former or current presidents to run for a third term, in exchange...

Political strategists are reportedly pondering a deal that would allow Bill Clinton to run for president again by getting Republicans to agree to a change in the constitutional ban on third terms.... .. Clinton himself has boasted that he "could be re-elected" one more time..

Strategists Eyeing Deal for Clinton Third Term Political strategists are reportedly pondering a deal that would allow Bill Clinton to run for president again by getting Republicans to agree to a change in the constitutional ban on third terms. Calling it "a long shot," U.S. News & World Report says the deal would work like this: "Congressional Democrats will OK a constitutional amendment allowing naturalized citizens like California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to run for president if Republicans help kill the 22nd Amendment." "Right now it's the talk among political strategists," says the magazine's Washington Whispers section. "But look for it...

Washington WhipersHere's the long shot of the year:Congressional Democrats will okay a constitutional amendment allowing naturalized citizens like California Governor Arnold Schwarznegger to run for president if Republicans help kill the 22nd Amendment barring third terms, thus clearing the way for another bid by Bill Clinton and President Bush.Right now its the talk of political strategists, but look for it to spread on Capitol Hill when US Senator Orrin Hatch re-introduces his plan to let naturalized citizens run for president after 20 years.

Clinton Eyes 22nd Amendment Repeal - Again For the second time since he left the White House, ex-president Bill Clinton has engaged in open speculation about repealing the 22nd Amendment barring presidents from seeking a third term. "I think since people are living much longer ... the 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime," Clinton told an audience at Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library on Wednesday. "There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country...

What if Bill Clinton is serious? All across the land, Republicans fell to their knees Monday night, praying hosannas of thanks to their forebears. The gratitude was overwhelming and sincere, directed to the GOP of another time, the Republicans of the 80th Congress who managed—unlike the current Congress—to pass a constitutional amendment. The amendment—the 22nd—set a limit on the presidency of two elected terms. The goal was to prevent another Franklin Delano Roosevelt who had violated the 150-year "gentlemen's agreement" to serve no more than eight years in office. Well, whether it was a pique of anger at FDR's ability...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday that he backs a modification of the U.S. Constitution's 22nd Amendment that would allow him to run for president one day. Asked on NBC's "Meet the Press" about an amendment introduced by Sen. Orrin Hatch that would allow any immigrant who has been a citizen for 20-years to serve as president, the Austrian-born Republican at first joked, "Man, I should look at that because it sounds really good." But when asked if he agreed in principle with the Hatch proposal, Schwarzenegger responded, "Oh, absolutely. "I think that, you know, times have changed," he explained....

Freep this poll. SHOULD THE 22ND AMENDMENT BE ALTERED TO ALLOW A PRESIDENT TO SERVE MORE THAN TWO TERMS? http://www.55krc.com/poll.html

      Green-Eyed and an Utter-Failure, Impeached Ex-Ersatz Prez Wants A Presidential Mulligan"Clinton talked the talk and did diddly squat, whereas Bush doesn't talk, but does deliver." by Mia T   Kennedy Country (May 28, 2003 ) - Utter-failure impeached ex-ersatz president bill clinton angled for an Oval-Office mulligan during his reciprocal intern-exploitation-purgation attempt at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum here. In a move that surprised even his most servile toady -- clinton is not one ever to let the rule of law stand in his way -- the utter-failure impeached ex-ersatz president this time looked...