Congressmen would no longer spend ALL of their time running for re-election.
Also, when it comes to selecting members of commitees and chair-persons, there we no longer be a bias towards the longer-serving members.
of course there should be. to give others a chance and keep things fair. So if the economy is bad, the congress might have something to do with it.
If term limits were set for congress then members with seniority would finish out their terms and new members would be voted in.
7 years. An far off
no term limits
Until you die or are no longer elected. There are no term limits for either house of Congress.
Congress does not have term limits, and may serve in their position until replaced by the voters.
Congress does not have time limits. Individual congressmen have time limits in the sense that their term of office runs out, but Congress itself can take as much time as it likes.
constitutional amendments
As of 2012, there are no term limits for Congress.
Voters can set practical term limits on a US Senator or Congressman by voting him or her out of office in the general election. There is no way to pass a law or state constitutional amendment that imposes legal limits on their terms, however, because the US Supreme Court found that unconstitutional in US Term Limits Inc., v. Thornton, (1995).
Term limits
Term limits
Term limits
Term limits