Fire Congress! The Revolution Begins 2010 Initiative to Terminate 185 House Seats; Permanently Cap the Number of House Seats at 250; Set Term Limits For All Congressional Seats. If You Want to Kill a Snake; You Must Cut Off It's Head! Please Sign the Petition Now! Click Here Download! Print! and Share! the Petition, as a Microsoft Word Document: Click Here PROCLAMATION: Whereas: The United States Congress is out of touch with it's citizenry; Whereas: The House of Representatives has become a career path for too many lawyers and power minded generations of families that do not represent the interests of the people; Whereas: 435 House Seats are too many for the people to track their votes, actions, character, and motivations; Whereas: The cost and scope of government is directly related to the size and character of congress; Whereas: Currently the cost and scope of government is not sustainable and will in-debt our children and grandchildren; Whereas: 250 is a more appropriate total number of Representatives to hold accountable; Whereas: Current apportionment practices will continue to escalate the number of house seats; Whereas: With the current and future economy, the growth of the national debt, the cost of the public sector, the lack of American financial strength, the lack of congressional will, now is the time to lay off 185 Representatives, permanently, reduce the number and cost of elections, and set limits on how long members of Congress can serve. Therefore Be It Resolved: It is time to pass a constitutional amendment capping the size of the House at 250; setting the term of office to 6 years; and limit the number of terms served for all of Congress to one. Therefore Be It Further Resolved: It is time for the citizenry to promote and insist on the passage of the constitutional amendment contained herein by signing the petition contained herein: The Revolution Begins As can be seen from a study of constitutional amendments, no process, that has actually been used historically, will suffice. To think our state or federal politicians are going to limit their terms and permanently lay themselves off inclusive of all the trappings, power, and wealth associated with these positions would be ludicrous. The only option the citizenry is left with is the Popular Amendment. As set out by Wilson; "... the people may change the constitutions whenever and however they please. This is a right of which no positive institution can ever deprive them." Twenty-four states have the right to initiative or referendum and at first light I thought those may provide some guidance on what a process may look like. Upon investigation I am not hopeful of this. Others have looked at and proposed processes for establishing initiatives, referendums, or direct democracy, Mike Gravel and Ralph Nader for example. The Democracy Foundation and the Philadelphia II Corporation are non-profit organizations established to work some of these issues and may be of some help. However, I have grave concerns regarding the direction they have taken for two reasons. I am convinced that our representative form of government was one of the true geniuses of our founders. I am further convinced without it, the tyranny of the masses would become reality. Taking the direct democracy approach would, I believe, have us changing the constitution every few years, and it simply should not be that easy. For these reasons I am left with the 1st. Amendment 7 Petition and assembly, as providing the only viable process, unfortunately, without a clear conclusion. The First Amendment states "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances". I am left with the petition process to initiate and conclude in a legislative amendment process. My concern here, should millions of Americans sign a petition and the congress decides to ignore them could be catastrophic to our society. Nothing important is without risk. The Process The citizenry of the United States of America shall present a petition to Congress to use the, Proposed by Congress, ratified by state legislatures, method of amending the Constitution on our behalf. The amendment shall obtain the following results and shall not go beyond the intent of the petition. Ensure all states have a minimum of two House Representatives Ensure the total number of House Representatives is capped at 250 Set all congressional terms to 6 years Set term limits to one Ensure no other agendas, goals, desires, initiatives, or referendums beyond the intent of the petition are included in the amendment Ensure apportionment is conducted to fairly represent the people and the states We the people believe we have a national mandate to limit the number of house seats to 250 when we deliver petitions to the Congress consisting of 10,000,000 signatures of persons who have attained the age of 18 of which 5,000,000 are registered voters. Petition Target:U.S. Congress Preamble: It is a rare citizen who can keep track of how their representative votes. It's time to get their attention and layoff 185 Representatives permanently. Set the number of years in a term to six. Limit the number of terms allowed to serve to one. Demand responsive government for the benefit of the people. Congress has simply lost all touch with it's citizenry, their hopes, and dreams. Congress must learn to live within the means of it's people. Simply passing debt on to future generations is unacceptable. The United States Congress is out of touch with it's citizenry; 435 House Seats is too many for the people to track their votes, actions, character, and motivations; Current apportionment practices will continue to escalate the number of house seats; The cost of government is directly proportional to the size of the House of Representatives; 250 is a more appropriate total number of Representatives to hold accountable; Setting terms and term limits will reduce the number and cost of elections and focus the representatives on the needs of their country; Petition: We, the undersigned, call upon the U.S Congress to amend the U.S. Constitution to institute a permanent cap at 250 House of Representatives Seats Set all Congressional terms to six years and limit the number of terms of service to one. Please Sign the Petition Now. Click Here Your review, comment, and support is most needed. Please advise by emailing us here: or call us at: (301) 233-6963 Thank you! 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