Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Summary

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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits a person from serving more than two full consecutive terms as a Senator or six full consecutive terms as a Representative.

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Bill Progress

Committee is reviewing, marking up, or holding hearings on the bill

Introduced(1/8/09)

Committee

Passed House

Passed Senate

President

Law

Sponsor

Mr. PLATTS

(R) PA – 19

Cosponsors (4)

Posey

(R) FL

INGLIS

(R) SC

Minnick

(D) ID

Cole

House (R) Oklahoma

Topics

Government Spending & Operations

Latest Action

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

Feb 9, 2009

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