Sponsors
The bill aims to reduce conflicts of interest and special‑interest influence and increase accountability in Congress and the judiciary, but does so at the cost of removing long‑serving officials' institutional experience, creating potential legal and political uncertainty for the Court, and limiting certain political funding and post‑service economic opportunities.
Voters (taxpayers and middle-class families) would have more influence because congressional term limits would reduce long incumbency advantages.
All Americans (taxpayers/general public) could see greater judicial transparency and restored confidence if the Supreme Court were subject to an enforceable code of conduct and fixed 18‑year terms.
Voters and taxpayers would face less outside-money influence because limits on PAC contributions would reduce the effect of big donors on campaigns and strengthen ordinary voters' voices.
All Americans (taxpayers) could face legal uncertainty and politicized replacement cycles if replacing lifetime Supreme Court appointments with 18‑year terms or imposing a code requires a contentious constitutional/statutory change.
Voters, taxpayers, and state governments could lose experienced lawmakers and institutional knowledge because imposed term limits would force long‑serving Members out of office.
Challengers, third‑party groups, and voters could see reduced political expression and campaign activity because restricting campaign contributions may limit funding for non‑incumbent and independent campaigns.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Introduced March 6, 2025 by Ro Khanna · Last progress March 6, 2025
Records findings and urges reforms: congressional term limits, bans on PAC donations and Members' stock trading, lifetime lobbying bans, enforceable Supreme Court ethics, and 18‑year Court terms.
Declares findings that many Americans distrust government and expresses support for a package of government-ethics and institutional reforms. It backs limits on congressional service, bans on PAC contributions to congressional candidates, bans on Members trading stocks (via blind trusts), lifetime bans on former Members lobbying, an enforceable code of conduct for the Supreme Court, and 18-year term limits for Supreme Court Justices. The text is a statement of policy and public-opinion findings rather than an implementable statute; it cites survey numbers and argues these reforms have broad public support.