Joe Barton: “Term limits main purpose is to get entrenched incumbents out of office as quickly as possible so that there is turnover.…”

“Term limits main purpose is to get entrenched incumbents out of office as quickly as possible so that there is turnover. There is one better way to do that. That is to support retroactivity. If my colleagues support what their people support, vote for Dingell-Barton retroactive term limits and let us send it to the States for ratification, if the Senate goes along and sends it out with a two-thirds vote and the House of Representatives. This is not a sham amendment. It is a serious amendment. It is a chance to get a majority vote, to be the vote on final passage. We need everybody who is for term limits to vote for it, and then we will beat the requirement for two-thirds on final passage.”