Essay On Term Limits In Congress

Should term limits be imposed in Congress? The implementation of term limits is a powerful political reform, that is necessary for the restoration of our legislative branch. The movement for term limits in congress has been making its way through politics for years, but was brought to the public spotlight a few years ago in a court case in 1995. The idea of term limits is very popular among the American people and the states. In fact, many state legislatures have adopted term limits for their legislatures. The broad support for term limits shows that the American people are ready for change and are not satisfied with their current federal legislature. A quote from an article on Congressional term limit supports this stating, “Virtually all supporters of term limits, including those in Congress, favor two-term limits in the Senate. The conflict is over the House limits.”(Crane, Edward H.) In Congress today, we have what many call “Career Politicians”, these are politicians that serve many terms for years and years upon end. This negatively affects our ability to pass laws and have a unified congress when nothing changes. Congress has a necessity for new people with new ideas, rather than the prevalence of career politicians …show more content…
Members of the House already have to be re-elected every two years and members of the Senate have to be elected six years. (“How Congress Works”, 67) Therefore, it is unfair that a constituents vote must be casted on a candidate who falls between the eligible amount of terms. If a candidate gets re-elected therefore it is what the constituents want. This argument against the implementation of term limits in congress is flawed in many ways. Mainly because there are many reasons that a candidate can be elected into congress besides the constituents choice. A candidate could be elected off of interest group, campaign funds and just plain