Texas Senator Ted Cruz has introduced a bill to limit senators to two terms in office, Business Insider reports.
However, the two-term senator also said he sees no problem in running for a third term himself.
“I’ve never said I’m going to unilaterally comply,” the Texas senator said.
Cruz introduced the bill saying that it would thereby remove from Washington what he calls “permanently entrenched politicians … totally unaccountable to the American people”.
Cruz has sought to fend off questions about his intention to seek a third term after introducing a constitutional amendment that would restrict senators to two terms in office.
Elected to the Senate in 2012, Cruz emerged as a face of the Republican hard right through stunts including reading Dr. Seuss and impersonating Darth Vader during a marathon floor speech and prompting a government shutdown.
After a brief spell as a rightwing alternative to Trump, Cruz won a second term in 2018 despite a strong challenge from the Democrat Beto O’Rourke.
He has been a controversial and particularly disliked Senator.
But Cruz is also expected to possibly run for president again in 2024. Cruz challenged strongly for the Republican presidential nomination in 2016, finishing the primary second to Donald Trump.
He has not yet answered whether he will run for president again. Under Texas law, Cruz can run for the presidency and also seek reelection to the Senate at the same time.
But in addition to Trump, who’s already in the race, he would face Gov. Nikki Haley of South Carolina, who is set to join the contest later this month — along with potential candidates like former Vice President Mike Pence, Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Glenn Youngkin of Virginia, and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.
Ted Cruz is advocating for the passage of the term-limit bill as his long-term political future remains up in the air.
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