Part of the problem with Washington is Washington. It's too easy for incumbents to win. They get all the money, they get all the free press, they get all the sway.
Yet term limits is a non-starter, and I agree with it. An electorate does have the power to limit someone's term in office. I fully accept the truth of that.
So maybe term limits aren't the way to go. How about a reset option?
This is what I'm calling the Incumbency Amendment to the Constitution.
The Incumbency Amendment
Section 1
All members of the House of Representatives sitting during a general election shall be ineligible for further re-election or appointment to the House, if in that election four-fifths of the sitting House of Representatives are re-elected.
Section 2
All members of the Senate sitting during a Federal election shall be ineligible for further re-election or appointment to the Senate, if in that election one-quarter of the sitting Senate is re-elected.
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