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Ashley Lopez

Term limits for Congress are wildly popular. But most experts say they'd be a bad idea

Congressional term limits are really popular with voters. With experts, not so much. (Catie Dull/NPR)

Frustration with America's political system has led to some renewed interest in setting term limits for lawmakers, though it's an idea broadly opposed by experts.

Voters have long been supportive of hard caps on how long someone can be in office, but recent infighting among Republicans over who should be speaker of the U.S. House and health issues among aging members of Congress have reignited calls for federal term limits. (Ethics scandals at the U.S. Supreme Court have led to separate calls for judicial term limits.)

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