HCR2016 would apply to Congress to “call a convention limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to set a limit on the number of terms a person may be elected as a Member of the United States House of Representatives and as a Member of the United States Senate.”
The House failed to pass HCR2016 on April 11, 2023, by a vote of 26 to 31. We have assigned pluses to the nays because term limits conflict with the right of the American people to choose their representatives. Moreover, the States should act immediately to nullify all unconstitutional federal laws, rather than risk a constitutional convention. Article V of the U.S. Constitution was designed to correct potential errors or defects in the Constitution, not the failure of elected officials to uphold their oath of office.