Should there be term limits set for the House and Senate?
964829
Yes, we don't need these old fat motherfuckers sitting in there for twenty or thirty years like fucking kings...
398431
i dont think there should be a limit
1166656
I agree - he would be an excellent President for as long as he chose to serve, however it's not up to him. The Constitution would have to amended, as it currently does not allow anyone to serve more than two elected terms in office, so he will have to retire as of January 20, 2009. Currently, the longest tenure that anyone could serve in office would be three terms - that is if the President died on Inauguration Day, his Vice President would be eligible to serve out the rest of that term, plus two more terms, if he were to be elected on his own. This came about in the late 1940's and early 1950's, as Republicans wanted to prevent anyone from serving as long as Franklin D. Roosevelt did (who served just a tad more than 12 years, dying early in his 4th term).
179116
House of reps= 2 year term\nSenate = 6 year term
182332
Unfortunitly, there is no term limit for congress, Senators serve 6 year terms and can be re-elected over and over again, Strom Thurmond republican, s.c. served eight terms in the U.S. senate, from 1955 until he retired at the age of 100.
254742
It's a matter of consistency.  The Senate is designed in such a way as to limit the disruption caused by elections.  Which is why only 1/3 of the Senate comes up for election every two years.
229375
The reason the terms are staggered is so there won't be a wholesale change of legislators at each election.  With staggered terms, there will be continuity in both houses of congress at all times.
140241
House Of Representative terms are two years.  Senators serve for six years.
125486
I think the perfect govenment would include people of all walks of life not just out of touch lawers and doctors, there should be term limits to prevent carreer polititions from overstaying their welcome. I also think that the money and benifits would be cut back to promote more statesmen and less polititions. There would be less corruption. Laws would be passed or rejected on their merit and not on ones political affilation. This stuff of voting going down party lines is a slap in the face to the average american. What do you think.
16305
Yes. A president can serve a maximum of two 4 year terms. Originally, this wasn't the case, a president could serve as many terms as he wanted. This changed when the 22nd amendment was ratified, limiting the President to 2 terms. \n\n"No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice"
111830
You dont want a single person in government becoming too powerful, that is why you need to put restrictions on just how long they can hold power.\n\nGeorge Washington set a precident on only serving two terms and then stepping down.  After that all following presidents only served two terms (althgough some tried for more) until FDR.  Franklin Roosevelt was elected for 4 terms in a row (dying a few months into his 4th).\n\nAfter FDR, the 22nd ammendment was passed in 1951 limiting the president to two terms.\n"No person shall be elected to the office of president more than twice, and no person who has held the office of president, or acted as president, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected president shall be elected to the office of president more than once."\n--22nd ammendment to the US constitution.
965272
Yes. A person should be allowed to run for or be president an unlimited number of times.
1171794
Some voters do support it. The Congress and other legislative bodies do not. They may say they do...until election time...then it's another story. Why would you want term limits when you can vote your own pay raise, have lobbyists pay for all your vacations and have a gravy train retirement off the backs of the American people?\nTerm limits won't happen until the people petition to get it on the ballot and then vote to make it happen.
795550
It could be possible. The Consitution says the President can only be ELECTED to no more than 2 terms. \n\nIf the current President served as Vice President and due to an illness, death, or some other situation where the previous President could no longer function, than the Vice President would become President.\n\nOnly Franklin Delanore Roosevelt served more than 2 terms. He was elected for 4 terms and served 3 full terms and a few months of the 4th term. \n\nThe consitution was admended after his death to limit a President to only 2 terms.
297002
NO! They need to retire. If they need something to do let them go work as door greeters for Wal-Mart and stay out of politics. They had their term and now they are elected for NOTHING. We don't need unelected, self-appointed ambassadors for anything. And that includes Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Carter and Danny Glover.\n\nBesides, we seem to have enough "life-time" senators as it is. what we really need is two term life-time limits on ALL offices. career politicians are what is destroying democracy and America with it.
86729
No, they cannot. Prior to the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt there was no limit on the number of terms a president could serve. FDR broke tradition by serving a third term In fact, he was even elected for a fourth term, but he died shortly thereafter. Once FDR was gone the Congress decided to make it so that from that time forward a president could only serve 2 terms. The 22nd amendment was passed to ensure this. However, if a president dies or is removed from office somehow with 2 years or less in his term and the vice president takes power, the vice president is allowed to be elected to two more terms. Therefore, it is possible that a president could serve a 10 year term, which is kind of like having 2.5 terms. This has never happened yet, but it could.
778212
The senate.  House sets are good for only two years, senate seats are good for six years.  Like Jefferson stated the house is to the senate are like the saucer is to the cup of coffee.  The house brings about new ideas which some are too controversial.  Its the senates job to weed out the inappropriate ones and cool down the legislation to fit mainstream America.