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The first thing Trump was supposed to do was introduce an Amendment for term limits (Washington Post). Cruz proposed one that would limit Senators to 2 terms and Representatives to 3 terms.

This seems like an idea almost everyone would support and would do so much to move politics forward.

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But it needs to be passed by the current people there

  All 27 Amendments have been ratified after two-thirds 
  of the House and Senate approve of the proposal and
  send it to the states for a vote. Then, three-fourths
  of the states must affirm the proposed Amendment.

First step is to get Congress on board, and telling them to vote themselves out is unlikely.

Eh. We have term limits in California. Hasn't done much good. And those terms seem kinda short. Once someone figures out what they're doing, they're almost termed out.

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