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How do we impose term limits on the Congress?

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“If I'm elected president I will push for a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. They've been talking about that for years,” Trump said in a speech in Colorado championing his new package of ethics reforms. read more

If two-thirds of the states petitioned Congress for a Convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, then Congress would be obliged to call for the Convention without necessarily approving of its intent. read more

We would be able to call a Term Limits Convention which would ultimately allow us to impose the necessary term limits on Congress. Here’s how it was set up by our founding fathers: Two-thirds of state legislatures (34) pass bills applying for the Term Limits Convention. 2. Congress is mandated to call the Convention. 3. read more

The decision essentially wiped off the books term-limit laws that 23 states had for their congressional delegations. (The decision didn't affect term limits for state legislatures, and there are 15 states that impose them.) The court said that for term limits to be constitutional, we'd have to amend the Constitution. read more

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