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Establish TERM LIMITS in Congress. With the 22nd Amendment as a template, allow only 2 terms in the House or Senate.

Created by J.B. on November 14, 2012

Establish TERM LIMITS for Congress. Use the 22nd Amendment as a template for establishing these limits. No person shall serve more than two terms in either the House or Senate. Elected office was intended to be a civic duty by the people who comprise the majority, not a position held for life by a select few.

"General Washington set the example of voluntary retirement after eight years. I shall follow it, and a few more precedents will oppose the obstacle of habit to anyone after a while who shall endeavor to extend his term. Perhaps it may beget a disposition to establish it by an amendment of the Constitution."

"I apprehend that the total abandonment of the principle of rotation in the offices of President and Senator will end in abuse." --Thomas Jefferson to E. Rutledge, 1788

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