Congress's Quixotic Push to Repeal Presidential Term Limits

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Congress's Quixotic Push to Repeal Presidential Term Limits

June 25, 2009 - by Isabelle Cutting

Introduced two weeks before this year’s Presidential Inauguration, H.J.Res.5 calls to amend the Constitution by removing the limit on the number of terms a President can serve. It would effectively repeal the 22nd Amendment, approved by Congress in 1947 and ratified by the States in 1951.
Although providing ample room for contention, the bill has aroused next to no news coverage. Instead, other Internet voices can be heard linking the resolution to the current president. Here, for example, is a viral email that is being sent around with the subject, “America wanted change! Boy is it coming!”, fully equipped with references to Communism and Fascism.....

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This shouldn't be repealed, it should be expanded to include all Senators and Representatives. It's time for term limits on all of them so they start representing US and not their own special interests.

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