28th Amendment Pros And Cons

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A 28th Amendment
Congressional adoptions of amendments to the Constitution come few and far between, although prove effective in bettering the welfare of the United States. The Law of the Land must change alongside America’s changing views. The next necessary amendment to the constitution should be a set outline for term limits for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Currently, term limits do not exist among Congress, leading to possible corruption and political scheming, allowing the same state representative to stay in office until he/she resigns or passes away.
In the House of Representatives, each Rep serves two year terms and in the Senate, each Senator serves six year terms. Supposedly if a rep serves in the House or Senate

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