Sen. Ted Cruz has introduced a constitutional amendment that would set term limits on members of Congress.
“Today my colleagues and I reintroduced a constitutional amendment to impose #TermLimits on Members of Congress,” the Texas Republican tweeted Monday. “The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms.”
Today my colleagues and I reintroduced a constitutional amendment to impose #TermLimits on Members of Congress. The amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms. pic.twitter.com/1izmg5EQ6B
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) January 25, 2021
Cruz was joined by Republican Sens. Mike Braun and Todd Young of Indiana, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott of Florida, and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.
The move marks the third time Cruz has introduced legislation to implement term limits. He did so in 2017 and 2019.
The previous attempts were never brought to the Senate floor.
“Every year, Congress spends billions of dollars on giveaways for the well-connected: Washington insiders get taxpayer money and members of Congress get re-elected, all while the system fails the American people,” Cruz said in a statement.
“The rise of political careerism in today’s Congress is a sharp departure from what the Founders intended for our federal governing bodies,” Cruz continued. “I have long called for this solution for the brokenness of Washington, D.C., and I will continue fighting to hold career politicians accountable.”
The announcement was warmly received by conservatives on social media, including in a Twitter post from former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell.
“The time has come to support this,” Grenell tweeted. “Theory vs reality has convinced me.”
The time has come to support this.
Theory vs reality has convinced me. https://t.co/yO0AvrSsWp
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) January 26, 2021
