S.J.Res. 2597th CongressSenate Joint Resolution

Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits: (1) any person who has been elected to the Senate twice from being eligible for election or…

Official title: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the number of terms of office of Members of the Senate and of the House of Representatives.

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Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits: (1) any person who has been elected to the Senate twice from being eligible for election or appointment to the Senate; and (2) any person who has been elected to the House of Representatives six times from being eligible for election to the House.

Introduced Jan 29, 1981
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Who introduced this

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John Danforth

Republican

U.S. Senator · MO

11 cosponsors — mostly Republicans

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