A proposal by House Republicans to impose term limits on committee leadership assignments is frustrating senior Democrats, many of whom could be forced out of their positions if the plan is successful.
The GOP plan, first reported on April 18 by Punchbowl News, would limit committee leaders from both parties to three terms in their positions if Republicans take back the House in the upcoming midterm elections, which they are expected to do.
For Republicans, who have enforced such a rule within their own caucus since 1994, this would be nothing new. However, Democrats have no such rule—under the GOP proposal, the term limit rule would be extended to both parties in the lower chamber.
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