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SJRES 51 115th 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: December 21, 2017 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Dec 21, 2017
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 Latest action December 21, 2017

Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Constitutional Amendment

This joint resolution proposes a constitutional amendment limiting Members of the House of Representatives to nine consecutive terms and Members of the Senate to three consecutive terms.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S.J. Res. 51: 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.. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SJRES-51/
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"S.J. Res. 51: 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.." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SJRES-51/.
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S.J. Res. 51, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-SJRES-51/.
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[S.J. Res. 51: 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/115-SJRES-51/)
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