Ted Cruz Sends Shockwaves Through Congress With His Constitutional Amendment Proposal, Democrats Remain Mostly Silent

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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.”

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“I support an end to partisan gerrymandering which is one method Members of Congress use to stay in office. I also support a constitutional amendment to repeal the Citizen United Supreme Court decision which ruled that money is speech and opened the door for nearly unlimited corporate PAC spending in our elections.”
“Members of congress will have a harder remaining in office indefinitely once we finally pass comprehensive campaign finance reform and limit the excised influence of outside groups seeking to engineer the outcome of our elections.”
Unfortunately, progress has yet to be made to reform campaign funding or gerrymandering, despite repeated calls from the public over the years. Setting term limits would be one way to severely disrupt these two ‘broken systems.’

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.”