Across the board Term Limits?
542121
Why?  Quite simply because the constitution was written that way.  One other attribute of the constitution was that changing it is very hard to do.  Changing the constitution to require term limits for US Senators or House Members would require them to support it; and that isn't going to happen now or probably ever.
832690
The two term limitation was added as an amendment to the constitution after the death of FDR for a few reasons. First, because of the age requirements for president - more than two terms in office would make them very elderly. Secondly, it was put into place to limit the power of one president which could lead to an imbalance of power.  If a president could run continuously, you could end up with a dictator on your hands.  As it is, no one president can be in office for more than 8 years in a row - limiting how much power he can wield. That is also the reason Congress is termed differently from the president - so that he can not control them any more than they can control him. It is all a balance of power.  Just an interesting side note, when we have a Dem as a president, congress is usually Rep in majority and vise versa when we have a Rep. pres.  Hope that helps you understand better. Happy Holidays.
701545
The new terms will begin in January.\n\nIt depends on what you mean by "operational."  When will Congress as a whole start business again?  January.  When will your new Senator or Representative actually have any influence?  That will take years.  Influence is determined by what committees they belong to.  They apply for these committees.  The positions are filled by seniority within both political parties.  If you just elected a new senator or representative, it will be a while before your district starts getting the pork again.
757647
The total number of years a person can serve as president is 10.  Example:  Say President Bush is unable to serve the remaining 2 years of his presidency (after January 20, 2007) Vice President Cheney would serve the remaining time of President Bush's term.  Then Vice President Cheney could serve 2 full four-year terms.
96605
Running for what office? You can obviously run as much as you want if you're not successfully elected. \n\nA U.S. president can only be elected for two terms total, if that's what you mean.
745439
Senators serve six-year terms. John Kerry's last re-election to the Senate was in 2002, so he was still in mid-term when he ran for President 2 years ago. Yes, he's still in the Senate. Most Senators who ran for President, while in the middle of their term, and lost remained in the Senate.\n\nBut Kerry's running mate, John Edwards of North Carolina, was a Senator who had been elected in 1998, so his 6-year term was ending when he ran for the ticket in 2004. Per the law of North Carolina, he could not run for re-election to the Senate while also simultaneously running on the national ticket. So Edwards is no longer in the Senate.\n\nThe law is not the same in all states. A couple of states in which a candidate can both run on the Presidential ticket and run for U.S. Senate in the very same election are Connecticut and Texas. Six years ago, Joe Lieberman ran for re-election to the Senate at the same time he was Al Gore's running-mate. Obviously, Lieberman won re-election to the Senate, but did not win the national election. In the past, two Senators who represented Texas ran both for re-election to the Senate and also were running-mates on the national ticket at the same time: Lyndon B. Johnson in 1960 and Lloyd Bentsen in 1988.\n\nBy mentioning Johnson, I can now segue into another one of your questions. When Johnson was re-elected to the Senate and elected Vice President at the same time in 1960, he obviously had to resign from the Senate before he was sworn in as Veep. That meant his seat was then vacant.\n\nAnytime vacancies occur in a seat for the U.S. Senate, how the vacancy gets filled depends on the law of the state. There is no national law directing the subject. In most states, the Governor has the power to appoint a new Senator to fill the vacancy. And if the vacancy occurred with only 2 years left in the term or less, then that appointee will serve the remainder of that term. Oftentimes, the vacancy occurs with more than 2 years left, in which case the state will schedule a special election so that the voters can determine who will serve the remainder of the term.\n\nHowever, in some states the Governor does not have the power to appoint anyone to fill a vacancy. In those states the seat will simply remain vacant until a special election is held. Oklahoma and Oregon are two examples of that. In 1995, Republican Senator Bob Packwood resigned in mid-term with 3 1/2 years left of his term. His seat remained vacant for a few months while the legislature authorized a special election to be held. When Ron Wyden won that special election, he then held the seat for the remaining 3 years of the term originally begun by Packwood.
75404
Not that it matters because he can't ever run again but NO.  Frankly, I don't think we should stick with one guy or one party for too long.  It's a bad idea.  If we change things up, we make sure that in the long run, every thing balances out and we don't become a country ruled by only one ideology.  No one has time to grab enough control to make everyone else miserable for the rest of eternity! :)
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b 2004\nSenators serve for 6 year terms
690222
No.  The Constitution states that a president can only serve two terms, regardless if it is consecutive or not.  President Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms as 22nd and 24th president, therefore he could not have run for a third term.  The same applies to all other future presidents.
753139
YES!  The founding fathers never meant for there to be career politicians--only career supreme court justices who would never need to prostitute themselves out for re-election.\n\nTerm limits will never happen because the people who would lose out are the people who need to approve the idea.  Term limits were approved in my state by the voters, then, unexplainably, our overwhelmingly Republican state congress overturned it!  \n\nA government by the politicians, for the politicians, and of the politicians.
5895
senator 6 year term\nJustices as long as they wish, while in "good Behavior\nrepresentative 2 years
222681
As long as they want...until death....retirement...etc.\n\nQuestions?  Comments?  Concerns?  Email me through the link in my profile, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible.
993561
We need to abolish the party system entirely forcing every candidate to run as an independent and let all people have an equal fair chance at getting into office by running on the issues and only the issues. Also we need collective lifetime term limits of four to five times being elected to any office. This must be done to eliminate Carrier politicians which exist in both parties that have been permanently bought.
719617
They're called "Term Limits" and they can be voted on. The way politics work is that one builds their reputation by acheiving different levels of office until they reach their goal. Some people want to be President, so they run for treasurer, then Mayor, then Govenor, then Representative, then Senator, and then finally President. Maybe not that extensive, but that's what they do. Term limits are there so that incumbents don't hold a position until they die. Some states have term limits, some don't. I support term limits, thus, I will vote yes on term limits on a ballot whenever I see them. Tell congress to pass term limits on Congressman! We need it!
806543
Yes.  Until the 1930s, Presidents voluntarily limited themselves to 2 terms, following the example of George Washington.  Then the great Liberal Democrat hero, Franklin D. Roosevelt decided he was going to be president for life (died in office during his 4 th term).  So the Constitution was amended in 1951 (the 22nd Amendment) to limit people to two (total) terms.
793078
No longer than a year\nb
755967
Yes he can.. Andrew Johnson was elected to the Senate after his term was over, and John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives. Usually however they don't.. if they serve 2 terms they usually retire and we pay for them to live in the lap of luxury the rest of their life :)