Submitted by: Kurt J Fitsch
Representative reintroduces bill to abolish presidential term limit
Congressman José E. Serrano (Facebook)
U.S. Rep. Josè Serrano, D-N.Y., once again quietly introduced a resolution that would allow President Obama or any president to serve an unlimited number of terms, according to a report.
According to GovTrack.US, Rep. Serrano introduced House Joint Resolution 15 on Friday. The resolution is described as:
“Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to repeal the twenty-second article of amendment, thereby removing the limitation on the number of terms an individual may serve as President.”
This resolution was assigned to a congressional committee on January 4, 2013, which would have to consider it before it would be sent to the House or Senate.
The bill was a reintroduction of House Joint Resolution 17 presented by Rep. Serrano in 2011. That resolution was never sent to committee.
According to the report, the resolution has a “0% chance of passing committee or ever being enacted or passed.”
Only 15% of House joint resolutions made it past committee and only 10% are passed or enacted, according to statistics from 2009-2010, according to GovTrack.US.
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