Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former Democrat lawmaker David Trone have partnered to call for congressional term limits.
“A government shutdown grips Washington, leaving Americans frustrated once again with partisan squabbling,” DeSantis and Trone wrote in a piece for The New York Times published Wednesday.
“The endless stalemates and inability to find common ground are reflective of a deeper problem: The House and the Senate are dominated by career politicians, buoyed by re-election rates that routinely exceed 90 percent, who seem more concerned with clinging to power than serving the public,” they added.
“In that spirit, the two of us — one a Republican and one a Democrat — will be the co-chairs of a national campaign with the organization U.S. Term Limits aimed at restoring accountability, competition and common sense on Capitol Hill.”
U.S. Term Limits is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization. It describes its mission as aiming to “enact term limits on all elected officials, especially the U.S. Congress.”
U.S. senators serve six-year terms and can be reelected indefinitely. U.S. representatives serve two-year terms and can also serve unlimited terms as long as they keep winning reelection.
