Democrats propose constitutional amendment to abolish presidential term limits

[Nakura Chambers]

Barack Obama 2016!

H.J.RES.15: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.

Source: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:hjres15:

[Wells]

Its not Democrats, its a democrat.

[semaphore]

Yeah because people haven't been trying to do this for decades. Nope must be an Obama thing.

[obdigore]

Hey if the framers didn't include it originally, who are WE to say there should be term limits, RIGHT?

Framers = gods.

[ati87]

Sponsor: Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-15] (introduced 1/4/2013) Cosponsors (None)

He sure has allot of democratic support....

Having said that.

Personally I approve this bill more then the 30 anti healthcare bills voted by republicans in congress....talking about a waste of money by a group that only talks about government waste.

[Nadev]

He's going bass ackward. We need to limit terms further.

Honestly, why bother being limited to two terms when the first term primarily consists of running for re-election? If the president knew he only had four years, I feel there'd be a lot less political footballing.

[Dakara]

Eh, if someone's right for the job, why limit the time they have in office?

Not saying Obama is/isn't the right person, just a general statement.

[Liax]

Bill Clinton 2016!

[Togarox]

I don't see the need to abolish the term limits. 8 years is plenty for any 1 person.

[Crissi]

This guy has been doing it since...1996 was it? So its A democra, but nice way of trying to paint all democrats that way.

Plus, did you know that term limits werent set by the constitution until FDR died? It was only because of the tradition Washington, who all admired, set.

[Eläin]

Dont see any sort of meaning to this. Its probably difficult for any new president to take over after 2 terms already, so ramping it up further is just stupid. And this question in itself has actually nothing to do with where you stand on the political spectrum.

[Nadev]

This guy has been doing it since...1996 was it? So its A democra, but nice way of trying to paint all democrats that way.

Plus, did you know that term limits werent set by the constitution until FDR died? It was only because of the tradition Washington, who all admired, set.

And it was passed because Democrats were afraid that Eisenhower would be our God King for Life :P

[smelltheglove]

when 3 or 4 repubs make stupid rape comments i hear "it's not all republicans, dont judge us!!!"

1 democrat does something it's "the democrats and obamaaaa!!!"

love it.

personally id prefer a single term of 6 years. long enough to accomplish something and house/senate elections to cycle through. and no gimped 1st term to lobby for election where any work gets done. but no on more then 2 terms as it is now

[Reeve]

Limit 2 terms, 6 years each imo. Or failing that, 1 term only, 6 years. I think 4 years doesn't leave enough time before you have to start campaigning again.

[Defengar]

already an 8 page thread on this.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...its-be-Removed

[RicardoZ]

We've got to fight this http://cmrichard.wordpress.com/2013/...op-h-j-res-15/

[Kaneth]

Limit 2 terms, 6 years each imo. Or failing that, 1 term only, 6 years. I think 4 years doesn't leave enough time before you have to start campaigning again.

You know, a singular 6 year term might not be a horrible idea. It's kind of what a 2 term president all ready serves. The first year is used trying to build the presidency and set the stage for whatever agenda, then the 4th year is largely spent on the campaign trail. If there was a guaranteed 6 years and nothing more, then they could just focus their entire time on whatever agenda they have.

However, we need to set term limits for house and senate members. The lifers in there are who really tend to screw things up for us, imo.

[smelltheglove]

However, we need to set term limits for house and senate members. The lifers in there are who really tend to screw things up for us, imo.

only problem with that is we lose good ones too. i guess it's a matter of whether you feel it would be a net loss or gain really. and individually they dont wield the power of the president, so i dont know that term limits are as necessary... or at least not as srtingent

[Cthulhu 2020]

I bet Swazi "Liberals are evil incarnate" Spring would feel differently about this if it were a Republican proposing it during a Republican presidency.

[dokilar]

You know, a singular 6 year term might not be a horrible idea. It's kind of what a 2 term president all ready serves. The first year is used trying to build the presidency and set the stage for whatever agenda, then the 4th year is largely spent on the campaign trail. If there was a guaranteed 6 years and nothing more, then they could just focus their entire time on whatever agenda they have.

However, we need to set term limits for house and senate members. The lifers in there are who really tend to screw things up for us, imo.

yep its far past time for house and senate members to have a term limit. id also like to see that handsome 6 figure salary they make while in office, and the 6 figure salary they make for the rest of their life after they retire drastically reduced. actually take the retirement salary away completely and drop the yearly salary down to say, 60k to 70k a year and lets see how many of them stop running for office.