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US SJR2
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
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Grants the President line item veto power to reduce or disapprove any appropriation in bills, with 10 days to return disapproved items to Congress along with objections
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Limits House members to 6 terms (12 years) and Senators to 2 terms (12 years), with partial terms exceeding 1 year for Representatives or 3 years for Senators counting as full terms
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Terms served before ratification would not count toward the term limits
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Requires a two-thirds supermajority vote in both chambers to pass any legislation imposing new taxes or fees, or raising existing taxes and fees
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Tax and fee legislation must be single-subject bills and would require ratification by three-fourths of state legislatures within 7 years to take effect
Legislative Description
A joint resolution proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States relative to the line item veto, a limitation on the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve, and requiring a vote of two-thirds of the membership of both Houses of Congress on any legislation raising or imposing new taxes or fees.
Economics and public finance
Last Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
1/8/2025