Limit the Power

Above are two of the longest serving members of Congress. The top picture is John Dingell who has been in the House of Representatives since 1955. That's two years before my mother was born. The bottom picture is of Patrick Leahy who has been a senator since 1975. That's four years before I was born. 

After FDR was elected president four times; the American people, the states and Congress decided it was time to put term limits on the presidency with the 22nd Amendment. It's time to do the same with Congress.

We need an amendment to the Constitution that states how many terms a person can be elected to each house and a total amount of years they could serve in both houses. Perhaps it should put a limit of two terms for a senator, six terms for a representative and a limit of twelve years to serve total in Congress.

This would get some new blood in these bodies of law making. While you may agree with the politics of these two gentlemen, I think we all agree that someone in a position of power for too long can be corrupted and once an institution becomes full of corrupted people, it will no longer work for the people. Time in positions of power should be measured in years and not generations.