Term Limits: The

Fight For Them

By Ali Capener

What are Term Limits?

Term Limits: a statutory
limit on the number an
official may serve.

Why Have Term Limits?

A quote from debate.org states When politicians are
more interested in doing what it takes to get re-elected
than they are in doing what they think is right, the system
has to change. Listen to every political analyst and the
congressman themselves. They talk about how things like
Obamacare and world events and their stance on those
things will get them re-elected. They don't care about
whether or not what they say or do is right. They only care
about if it will keep them in office. We need to impose
term limits so that whether or not they are re-elected is no
longer the be all end all.

Why Have Term Limits? Pt. 2

Term Limits need to exist in order to enact any type of
change. Its as simple as that. There is a quote that
applies nicely here: if you do what youve always done,
youll get what youve always got. I think this applies to
the incumbents of the Senate, Congress and the House.
While incumbents have become known across the country
because of their seniority and their experience, they keep
giving us the same old results. Challengers are the way to
go and Term Limits are what will help us continue to make
America a better country.

Current Term Limits

There are term limits for the President where he/she can
only serve two terms in office.
There are no term limits for the Vice President.
According to boundless.com, members of the Senate may
serve unlimited six-year terms and members of the House
may serve unlimited two-year terms.

Current State Term Limits

House

State

Senate

Year Enacted Limit Year of Impact Limit Year of Impact

% Voted
Yes

MAINE

1993

1996

1996

67.6

CALIFORNIA

1990

12(c)

1996

12(c)

1998

52.2

COLORADO

1990

1998

1998

71

ARKANSAS

1992

16(d)

1998

16(d)

2000

59.9

MICHIGAN

1992

1998

2002

58.8

FLORIDA

1992

2000

2000

76.8

OHIO

1992

2000

2000

68.4

SOUTHDAKOTA

1992

2000

2000

63.5

MONTANA

1992

2000

2000

67

ARIZONA

1992

2000

2000

74.2

MISSOURI(a)

1992

2002

2002

75

OKLAHOMA

1990

12(c)

2004

12(c)

2004

67.3

NEBRASKA

2000

n/a

n/a

2006

56

LOUISIANA

1995

12

2007

12

2007

76

NEVADA(b)

1996

12

2010

12

2010

70.4

Source: The Term Limited States

Lets Structure Term Limits

Term Limits as they currently are, are not the way they
should be. They need to be more aggressively structured.
In my last slide, I mention how members of the Senate can
serve unlimited six-year terms and members of the House
can serve unlimited two-year terms. That is crazy! It is
horribly structured right now. I think they need to be
structured down to a LIMITED amount of terms. Lets go
with the number 2. Thats always a safe number to go
with. Also, it is way more reasonable than unlimited. I
think 2 is a fair number for both the Senate and the
House.

Quick Facts on the Fight FOR Term

Limits
Term Limits will bring diversity of people and fresh ideas
to Congress.
Term Limits will break the power special interest groups
have in Congress.
Term Limits can help break the cycle of corruption in
Congress.
Term Limits will encourage regular citizens to run for
office.
Source: Term Limits|OurGeneration

Conclusion
To end this persuasive power point on Term Limits, Id like
to leave you with some closing remarks. Term Limits are
something that can benefit our country in a multitude of
ways. 1)They can help end corruption in Congress 2)They
can help give the layman a chance at representing his
fellow man 3)They can help bring fresh ideas to Congress
and help create new and better laws for the entire
country.
Lastly, Term Limits can help kick incumbents off of their
thrones and give us new people, new ideas and a better
set up over all.