DeSantis Urges Lawmakers to Set Term Limits for Congress

(ProsperNews.net) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called for Congressional term limits and traveled to South Carolina to drum up support. The Sunshine State legislature is one of six states to pass internal resolutions advocating using Article V of the US Constitution to limit how long lawmakers can serve in Washington, DC. Article V describes the method by which lawmakers can amend the Constitution. To proceed, two-thirds of US states must pass the same resolutions.

Mr.DeSantis, during a speech at South Carolina’s Capitol on February 20, said he learned how much the American people support term limits during his time in the Presidential primary campaign. He claimed people from all demographic groups embrace the idea, whether Democrat or Republican, male or female, black or white. DeSantis added that Americans are tired of the “poor performance of Congress” and want new incentives to make Capitol Hill move faster and be more accountable to the public.

Nikki Haley, the only remaining GOP competitor hoping to stop Donald Trump gaining the GOP nomination, has also spoken out on the issue, and agrees with DeSantis that limits are necessary. Haley signed the “term limits pledge” set by the campaign group US Term Limits. “Our Founding Fathers did not want people to make careers out of government,” Haley said. Indeed, the former South Carolina Governor has gone further and urged term limits for “bureaucrats.” She said no DC bureaucrat should be in office longer than five years.

In 2023, Senator Ted Cruz of Texas introduced a resolution to the Senate calling on members to agree to serve only two six-year terms. Like Haley, Mr. Cruz argued that the Founding Fathers did not want career politicians and special interest groups dictating American life. Similarly, South Carolina Congressman Ralph Norman proposed two terms in the Senate and three in the House of Representatives.

To succeed, the Constitutional amendment needs two-thirds of both Congressional houses and at least 38 states to agree.