These are the same people who have exempted themselves from sexual harassment and insider trading violations. Good luck.

I think the biggest problem is not the congress but the unelected combination of bureaucracy, lobbyists, and media. It would give them even more power to have inexperienced congressmen.

As it is congress defers to the bureaucracy too much, writing general legislative authorization for them to make the rules that are our actual laws.

This is NOT a problem with Term Limits.
It is a problem of PAY TO PLAY!

There is a NetFlix Series about this, and a congressman we HELPED get elected explained it to us.

1) Get Elected
2) Get introduced to the power structure: The $$$ you bring in for your party (DNC, RNC) via MONTHLY DONATIONS determines WHICH committees you are eligible for. Of course, the Committees you are on, determine the $$$ you can ask for
3) They spend FULL Time DIALING for dollars from cubicles to get their donation levels up. And that means they have to represent NOT those who voted for them, but those who PATREON them every month... The DONOR class. WE Elect these people, but they WORK for the DONORS.
4) You start with WHATEVER HOLE the RNC spent helping to get you elected. You have to get that filled in. If you DO NOT, they WILL NOT BACK YOU and they will PRIMARY YOU with someone who will.

As long as that power dynamic exists, we are basically screwed. This guy signed off on ANTI-GUN stuff and CLIMATE CHANGE crap knowing it cost him many supporters. He doesn't care... As he explains it, he does NOT have the power to do this without the donor class, and the ones that were willing to start funding his coffers were these 2 groups, since he was new... And here's the rub... The INSTANT he goes against their wishes, their MONTHLY donations stop! His status is effectively revoked, and he will be removed from committees of influence, causing further loss of donor dollars.

In the end, the reason it takes SO LONG to write these bills, is that they FLOAT them out to the lobbyists to BID on writing and re-writing certain sections, so the lobbyists get their pound of flesh.

Term limits... NO. We need to define THIS Behavior as Quid Pro Quo, and make it ABSOLUTELY Illegal. To me, the RNC and DNC needs to be disbanded, nobody should be able to pay for access to the law makers like this, and EVERY TIME it happens, it SHOULD be documented.

If our forefathers could have perceived this structure, they would have designed our Constitution so that it was NOT ALLOWED!

I know exactly how hard it would be to do this. And thank you, WilliamShipley, whoever you are. I was one of those Federal Lobbyists for ten years and ranked in the top ten business lobbyists in the United States. I never supported 'inexperienced' congressmen! And I had the good sense never to lobby Madam Barbara Jordan though I respected her genius!

The limit could only be done by amending the Constitution, and Congress will never enact such a thing. That leaves a convention of the states. In fact, this is the proposed change we hear most from the ConventionOfStates.org people.

Something has to be done, there is so much getting rich, insider trading, bribes going on - none of which serve constituents. Maybe if we indicted all who knowingly ignored or got money from the DC Congressional Pedophile ring, think how many might be gone!

Since we all know that Congress will never submit an amendment that would impose term limits on itself, the only path that we have is an Article V Convention of States. There are a number of states actively moving in that direction and if enough of them bring forth such a resolution, it could put the issue into play. Term limits may be the only way to stop this incredibly inept and totally politicized legislative body!

There are no congressional term limits because we, as a Nation, are "too busy", "dont care", "I cant make a difference", etc... The simple answer is, they run roughshod over us because we allow it, we are too lazy, we are perfectly happy to play with our toys instead of making it happen - and we are the only ones that can make it happen.

Why not indeed. See www.linkedin.com/pulse/amendment-esta...

Being a member of Congress was never intended to a permanent position or a lifetime profession; it was a way of donating one's services to the country that gave everyone the opportunity for betterment. What we seem to be collecting are elected bureaucrats who have no other means of employment. Given the the antics of the current Senators and Representatives term limits is becoming more inviting all the time!

There is a section in my local paper called Let It Out. It's for comments like "Don't they teach 4-way stop etiquette in driver's ed anymore?" or "I'd love to change the world, but I don't there's a diaper big enough."

I saw one the other day that said "We do have term limits. They're called 'elections' every 2 years and every 6 years."

I keep thinking about Term Limits. It's actually the people that are represented by the politicians that determine term limits. An overall Term Limit Amendment would take the current decision out of the people authorized to legally vote for them. The rest of us have no say.

A perfect example is: It's not Maxine Waters that determines her term limits, its the people that vote for her that determine it. I can't imagine anyone voting for anyone as stupid as she is, which actually just reflects the stupidity of the people she represents. Since all representatives make laws that effect all of us, we should have some kind of say about who and how long they can stay in "power". It seems the only way is overall constitutional Term Limits.