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SJRES 1 112th Congress Senate

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.

Introduced: February 7, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Jan 25, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 25, 2011
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 25, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Constitutional Amendment - Limits Members of the House of Representatives to six terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Feb 7, 2011
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 1: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SJRES-1/
MLA
"S.J. Res. 1: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SJRES-1/.
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S.J. Res. 1, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SJRES-1/.
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[S.J. Res. 1: A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to limiting the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-SJRES-1/)
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