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Once again, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) and a handful of colleagues have once again reintroduced a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on Members of Congress. This would limit U.S. senators to two 6-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three 2-year terms. In a statement in his press release, Cruz said: “Every year, Congress spends billions of dollars on giveaways for the well-connected: Washington insiders get taxpayer money and members of Congress get re-elected, all while the system fails the American people. It’s no wonder that the vast majority of Americans from every political stripe – Republicans, Democrats, and Independents – overwhelmingly support congressional term limits. “The rise of political careerism in today’s Congress is a sharp departure from what the Founders intended for our federal governing bodies. I have long called for this solution for the brokenness of Washington, D.C., and I will continue fighting to hold career politicians accountable. As I have done in the past, I urge my colleagues to submit this constitutional amendment to the states for speedy ratification.” https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1353818870671400962?s=20 This has been a call from the people that few representatives have taken seriously. While recognizing the corruption flowing through D.C., many reps are hesitant to vote to limit their job security as career politicians. Congressman Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) recently responded to a concerned constituent regarding this issue with the following response, "I do not support term limits for members of Congress because I believe that voters should have the right to choose the elected official they want, either by voting them in or out." Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) lamented, “Washington is more dysfunctional than ever, and I’m fighting every day to make reforms in the best interest of American families. Career politicians are never going to make the tough choices needed to get our nation on a successful path. They care more about politics and their next election than the future of this country. That has to end now. We need to reimagine government and term limits are the right place to start.”