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[url="http://www.examiner.com/article/president-obama-could-get-3-terms-if-h-j-res-15-abolishes-term-limits"]http://www.examiner.com/article/president-obama-could-get-3-terms-if-h-j-res-15-abolishes-term-limits[/url]

Americans around the nation [url="http://beforeitsnews.com/politics/2013/01/obama-president-for-life-h-j-res-15-would-remove-presidential-term-limits-if-passed-2481918.html"]were shocked Friday[/url] as they heard about [url="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hjres15"]H.J.Res. 15[/url]. H.J.Res 15 proposes an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to [url="https://www.popvox.com/bills/us/113/hjres15"]repeal the Twenty-second Amendment[/url]. This would [url="http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:H.J.RES.15:"]remove the limitation[/url] on the number of terms an individual may serve as President. [url="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jose_serrano/400366"]Rep. José Serrano[/url] (D- NY15) [url="http://investmentwatchblog.com/h-j-res-15-amendment-to-remove-term-limits-on-the-president-of-the-united-states/"]introduced the controversial[/url] joint [url="http://www.rightspeak.net/2013/01/hjres15-democrats-want-president-obama.html"]resolution on Friday[/url], the second day of the 2013 legislative session.

The last President to serve more than two terms was [url="http://totallyhistory.com/us-history/us-presidents/"]Franklin D. Roosevelt[/url]. Roosevelt served three full terms as President and was elected to a fourth term. Roosevelt died 83 days into his fourth term in office.

Congress passed the Twenty-second Amendment on March 21, 1947. The required number of states ratified it in 1951. There have been numerous attempts to [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution"]repeal the Twenty-second Amendment[/url], including a previous attempt by [url="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/jose_serrano/400366"]Rep. José Serrano[/url]. Rep. Serrano [url="http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-hj5/show"]attempted to repeal the Twenty-second Amendment with H.J.Res. 5 in 2009[/url].
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[quote name='Jamie_B' timestamp='1357670453' post='1206431']
:facepalm:

Not going to happen, its not even going to get out of the house.
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Even if it got through all of congress, wouldn't it need 2/3rds of the states to vote on it as well? Not going to happen unless we get invaded by aliens.

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