This is no way to run the greatest legislative body in the world. Term limits will not be easy to impose. It will take the vote of three-quarters of state legislatures to approve a constitution. In the mid-1990s, Republicans introduced legislation to amend the Constitution by limiting the terms of members of Congress – limiting U.S. senators to two six-year terms and congressional representatives to six two-year terms. However, this attempt failed to obtain the ⅔ votes needed to amend the, Argument 1: Term limits are undemocratic. Perhaps the most common argument against term limits is that it restricts the choices available to voters. Voters, opponents say, should be able to do that. Opinion columnist. The recent death of longtime California Senator Dianne Feinstein has once again raised the issue of term limits in Congress. It's understandable. THE. Understanding the length of a congressional term is essential to understanding the dynamics of the American political system and the role of elected officials. Democratic Washington Rep. Nancy Pelosi said Friday she will run for another term in Congress, announcing her intention to keep her position. This decision by the United States Supreme Court went further to say that even if members of Congress were able to impose term limits on themselves, it could be declared unconstitutional. That means a term in Congress. Congressional Term Limits, State Legislative Term Limits, and Congressional Rotation: A Theory of Change - have adopted amendments to their constitutions that attempt to limit the number of successive terms their own U.S. Representatives and Senators can serve. Type A1. Term limits, by eliminating incentives for careerism, would reduce federal spending geared toward re-election, which is targeted to particular constituencies but contributes little to the overall well-being of the country. Term limits thus make it possible to escape the Faustian bargain that voters face: they know that the return of one outgoing president for another, Lynda Powell, professor of political science at the University of Rochester who has conducted research on term limits, said term-limited state legislatures do not have them. The Supreme Court ruled today that absent a constitutional amendment, neither the states nor Congress can limit the number of terms that members of Congress can serve. The vote