CS/HM 685

1	House Memorial
2	A memorial to the Congress of the United States, urging
3	Congress to propose to the states an amendment to the
4	Constitution of the United States that would limit the
5	consecutive terms of office which a member of the United
6	States Senate or the United States House of
7	Representatives may serve.
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9	WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States
10	authorizes Congress to propose amendments to the Constitution
11	which shall become valid when ratified by the states, and
12	WHEREAS, a continuous and growing concern has been
13	expressed that the best interests of this nation will be served
14	by limiting the terms of members of Congress, a concern
15	expressed by the founding fathers, incorporated into the
16	Articles of Confederation, attempted through legislation adopted
17	by state legislatures, and documented in recent media polls,
18	NOW, THEREFORE,
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20	Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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22	That the Florida Legislature respectfully petitions the
23	Congress of the United States to propose to the states an
24	amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the
25	number of consecutive terms which a person may serve in the
26	United States Senate or the United States House of
27	Representatives.
28	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
29	dispatched to the President of the United States, to the
30	President of the United States Senate, to the Speaker of the
31	United States House of Representatives, and to each member of
32	the Florida delegation to the United States Congress.

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