House GOP reportedly considering term limits for all committee leaders

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published 18 April 2022

House Republicans are reportedly considering imposing term limits for all committee chairs and ranking members should the party take back the lower chamber in November, Punchbowl News reports.

Republican members are already limited (by their own doing) to three consecutive terms at the helm of any committee. But Democrats don't abide by those limitations, and any such change in the chamber rules package would "drastically alter the makeup of the House," Punchbowl News writes.

For example, should a GOP majority actually enact this plan, Democratic Reps. Maxine Waters (Calif.), Bennie Thompson (Miss.), Frank Pallone (N.J.), Adam Smith (Wash.), and Nydia Velázquez (N.Y.) would all be affected, among others for whom the change would alter future prospects. The lawmakers are the top Democrats on the Financial Services, Homeland Security, Energy and Commerce, Armed Services, and Small Business Committees, respectively.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.

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