- No citizen of the United States shall be elected to the House of Representatives to more than four (4) consecutive, two (2) year terms to office.
- No citizen of the United States shall be elected to the United States Senate for more than two (2) consecutive, six (6) year terms of office.
- No citizen of the United States shall receive any retirement benefits from serving in either the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate.
- Congress shall not exempt itself from any laws of the United States of America, in whole or in part.
- Congress shall be in session for a period of not less than 90 consecutive days in the Spring, and 90 consecutive days in the Summer of each year. Each sitting of Congress may be extended by the President for a period not to exceed 30 days. The Spring session shall start on the first Monday of March. The Summer session shall begin on the first Monday in June. An additional 45 day session to begin on the 2nd Monday of November shall be called by the President if so deemed necessary, this session may not be extended unless a period of National Emergency is formally declared by the President. {This section I think is necessary to basically force Congress to actually work...in the past decade they generally only spend 2 1/2 days per week actually working in Washington, DC. Most often only from Tues afternoon to Thurs afternoon!}
Monday, October 04, 2010
It's The People's Seat You Idiots
In yet another argument FOR term limits, the idiot running against Rand Paul in Kentucky call's the Senate seat they're running for "Wendell Ford's Seat." What part of it's the PEOPLE'S SEAT don't you understand.
Some time back, I proposed the following as a possible 28th amendment:
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