Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twenty-second Amendment.

Bill: 118-hres-1570
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Goldman, Daniel S. [D-NY-10]
Introduced: 2024-11-14
Policy area: Congress
Latest action: action_date: 2024-11-14
text: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IV 118th CONGRESS 2d Session H. RES. 1570 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 14, 2024 Mr. Goldman of New York submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Reaffirming the validity and applicability of the Twenty-second Amendment.

Whereas, President-elect Donald Trump told Republican members of the House of Representatives, on November 13, 2024, that I suspect I won't be running again unless you say he's so good we got to figure something else out. ; Whereas, on July 26, 2024, President-elect Trump told attendees of a conservative Christian event that they won’t have to vote anymore if he is elected in November, adding it’ll be fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote ; Whereas, on May 19, 2024, President-elect Trump openly mused about serving a third Presidential term while speaking to the National Rifle Association, asking the crowd I don’t know, are we going to be considered three-term or two-term? , and are we three term or two term if we win? ; Whereas, on April 12, 2024, when asked by a TIME magazine reporter whether individuals in the United States should be concerned about his talk of dictatorship , President-elect Trump stated that he thinks a lot of people like it ; Whereas, a contributor to Project 2025 has advocated for the repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment because it is an arbitrary restraint that would constrain a future Trump Presidency; Whereas, on December 7, 2023, President-elect Trump told Fox News that he would be a dictator on day one ; Whereas, then-President Trump shared a video on Twitter on June 21, 2019, February 5, 2020, and August 4, 2020, that depicts him remaining in office indefinitely; Whereas, on September 13, 2020, then-President Trump told rallygoers in Nevada, we’re going to win four more years in the White House. And then after that, we'll negotiate, right? Because we’re probably–based on the way we were treated–we are probably entitled to another four after that ; Whereas, on August 17, 2020, then-President Trump told rallygoers in Wisconsin, We are going to win four more years. And then after that, we’ll go for another four years because they spied on my campaign. We should get a redo of four years ; Whereas, on June 24, 2019, in an interview with The Hill, then-President Trump floated the idea of staying in office for more than two terms; Well, we have to go through the six years or whatever it may be when—when you know, would I like to get a ride out of some of your compatriots, say, go through the six, 10, 14, maybe 18 years, whatever it may be ; Whereas, on June 16, 2019, then-President Trump asked his Twitter followers that after a potential second term, do you think the people would demand that I stay longer? ; Whereas, on May 20, 2019, at a campaign event in Pennsylvania then-President Trump mused about serving five terms in the White House, telling the crowd that after winning in 2020, maybe if we really like it a lot and if things keep going like they’re going, we’ll go and we’ll do what we have to do. We’ll do a three and a four and a five ; Whereas, on April 18, 2019, then-President Trump told a crowd that he might remain in the Oval Office at least for 10 or 14 years ; Whereas, on April 12, 2018, in a speech to Members of Congress touting his tax law, then-President Trump mused about staying in office beyond two Presidential terms, asking Members, Should we go back to sixteen years? Should we do that? Congressman, can we do that? ; and Whereas, on March 3, 2018, then-President Trump expressed an interest in being President for life , stating that Chinese President Xi Jinping was able to do that. I think it’s great. Maybe we’ll have to give that a shot someday : Now, therefore, be it

That the House of Representatives— (1) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amendment applies to two terms in the aggregate as President of the United States; and (2) reaffirms that the Twenty-second Amendment applies to President-elect President Trump.