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SJRES 1 114th 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: January 6, 2015 See on congress.gov
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Jan 6, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 6, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action January 6, 2015

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 three terms and Members of the Senate to two terms.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HJRES 14 Identical bill Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress …
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Republican 9
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Aug 6, 2015
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Mar 2, 2015
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Tillis, Thomas
North Carolina · Feb 4, 2015
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jan 7, 2015
 R
Cruz, Ted
Texas · Jan 6, 2015
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 6, 2015
 R
Fischer, Deb
Nebraska · Jan 6, 2015
 R
Johnson, Ron
Wisconsin · Jan 6, 2015
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Lee, Mike
Utah · Jan 6, 2015
Toomey, Patrick
· Jan 6, 2015
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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.. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-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.." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-SJRES-1/.
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S.J. Res. 1, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-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/114-SJRES-1/)
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