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Ted Cruz wants term limits for Congress, offers constitutional amendment
Dallas Morning News ^ | 01/05/2017 | Jamie Lovegrove, Washington Correspondent

Posted on 01/05/2017 12:46:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind

WASHINGTON — Sen. Ted Cruz is stepping up his efforts to impose term limits on Congress, calling for a constitutional amendment on the issue.

The amendment, proposed Tuesday with Republican Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, would limit senators to two six-year terms and House members to three two-year terms.

“D.C. is broken,” Cruz said in a written statement. “The American people resoundingly agreed on Election Day, and President-elect Donald Trump has committed to putting government back to work for the American people. It is well past time to put an end to the cronyism and deceit that has transformed Washington into a graveyard of good intentions.”

The Texas Republican’s proposal follows through on a Washington Post column he co-authored with DeSantis in December previewing his action.

“With term limits, we will have more frequent changes in leadership and within congressional committees, giving reformers a better chance at overcoming the Beltway inertia that resists attempts to reduce the power of Washington,” the pair wrote.

Six Republican senators cosponsored the amendment.

The proposal would need to clear several steep hurdles to come to fruition. Constitutional amendments require approval of two-thirds of both the House and the Senate and then need to be ratified by three-quarters of state legislatures or a convention of the states.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: amendment; canadian; congress; cruzie; ineligible; tedcruz; termlimits
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1 posted on 01/05/2017 12:46:24 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds good to me. Chance of passing? Zero.


2 posted on 01/05/2017 12:47:15 PM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: SeekAndFind

SEE ALSO TED CRUZ’s WEBSITE:

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=2940


3 posted on 01/05/2017 12:47:20 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: refreshed

One term for Senators, two terms for Representatives.


4 posted on 01/05/2017 12:49:52 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: MrEdd

Sounds good to me if we can put a limit on staffers too.


5 posted on 01/05/2017 12:52:48 PM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: refreshed

We have what may be a chance to control all three houses for the next generation. This is NOT a priority, in my opinion.


6 posted on 01/05/2017 12:54:04 PM PST by nikos1121
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To: SeekAndFind

Repeal the 17th.


7 posted on 01/05/2017 12:54:30 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: SeekAndFind

He needs to add no retirements plans to that too.
No one should get a retirement plan for serving a couple of terms.


8 posted on 01/05/2017 12:57:50 PM PST by Lera ( 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
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To: SeekAndFind

And chop POTUS down to a single four year term.

No more Imperial Presidencies.


9 posted on 01/05/2017 1:00:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

No need or point to amending the Constitution as you can pretend it says whatever you want.

New words will have the same weight as the old ones. None.


10 posted on 01/05/2017 1:02:10 PM PST by nicepaco
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To: meyer
Repeal the 17th.

Also, the 16th.

11 posted on 01/05/2017 1:03:58 PM PST by Repeal 16-17 (Let me know when the Shooting starts.)
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To: refreshed

Good point.


12 posted on 01/05/2017 1:07:49 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: SeekAndFind

I believe that I read the Term Limits won’t effect current members of Congress and Senate. Only future people will be affected.


13 posted on 01/05/2017 1:08:16 PM PST by VitacoreVision
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To: SeekAndFind

This is the only guaranteed effective way to “drain the swamp.” Everything else is pretty much lip service.


14 posted on 01/05/2017 1:08:33 PM PST by afsnco
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To: SeekAndFind

Repeal the 17th and leave it to the states. No need for term limits.


15 posted on 01/05/2017 1:11:41 PM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: refreshed

Repeal the 17th amendment first...then we can talk.


16 posted on 01/05/2017 1:12:49 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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Good idea in my book...End of “professional politicians”....


17 posted on 01/05/2017 1:14:56 PM PST by JBW1949 (I'm really PC....PATRIOTICALLY CORRECT!!!!)
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To: Lera

Nor should we have to support former Speaker’s of the House for life either. Strip those perks away as well.


18 posted on 01/05/2017 1:22:57 PM PST by shotgun
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To: SeekAndFind

Sounds good but it will never happen. And he knows it.


19 posted on 01/05/2017 1:23:26 PM PST by murron
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To: VitacoreVision

It may be easier to get it passed if that’s the case. But getting it passed in the required number of states will take so long, that it may never happen in my lifetime. I’m 68.


20 posted on 01/05/2017 1:27:40 PM PST by murron
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