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orities in Washington.
Updated March 2026 | Originally published April 30, 2018
In apost on social media ↗during his first term, President Trump re-endorsed his campaign promise calling for term limits on Congress. As part of his #DrainTheSwamp platform, then-candidate Trump called for congressional term limits — specifically, limiting House members to 6 years of service (3 terms) and Senate members to 12 years of service (2 terms). Under those conditions, how many members of the 115th Congress would have been out of a job in 2019?