Hall Supports Term Limits

WASHINGTON, D.C. — It may seem like an unlikely move. But 87-year-old Rockwall Congressman Ralph Hall — first elected in 1980, and a longtime East Texas representative — has signed the U.S. term limits Constitutional amendment. The measure would limit House members to three two-year terms and senators to two six year terms. Hall, now a Republican, says he introduced a term limits bill in the 90s, when he was a Democrat — but says the bill went nowhere. According to Hall, “Even though I’ve been there thirty years, I would have term-limited myself.” He says he wouldn’t be on Capitol Hill if he could have passed the measure. So why does he keep running? Hall remarks that he knows and likes what he does — and that his people want him to keep doing it. A recent Fox News poll showed nearly 80 percent approval for term limits.