Constitutional Amendment – Change House of Representatives term duration from 2 to 4 years
The short 2-year terms in the House of Representatives contribute to the divisive government environment with career politicians fighting for their careers each election cycle. Some spend as much as half their term in office running for the next term. When the Constitution was written, two years was a reasonable length of time for the House of Representatives term duration. In the information age of today, that is no longer true and it impacts the effectiveness of the House of Representatives. We propose increasing the the House of Representative term length to four years and stagger the representative election cycles for each state similar to the election cycle stagger in the US Senate for each state. This will allow the House of Representatives to focus more on passing efficient and effective legislation rather than rushing legislation out ahead of the next election cycle.