RELATED VIDEOS

Will Limiting Lawmaker Terms to 12 Years Really Improve Democracy?

May 12, 2018

Lawmakers in Congress are looking to cut short their colleagues’ time in office. At least a dozen bills are circulating Capitol Hill this session proposing a Constitutional amendment to limit terms for Senators and House members. Reps. Jodey Arrington (R-TX) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) are co-sponsors of a bipartisan proposal to limit lawmakers to 12 years in each branch. Soledad O’Brien sits down with both freshmen congress members to discuss why they say term limits are needed and who’s been in office too long.

Related Videos

  • How California's Shrinking Sea is Polluting a Community

    October 24, 2021

    How California's Shrinking Sea is Polluting a Community

    October 24, 2021

    California's largest lake, the Salton Sea, is shrinking. One of it primary water sources, ...

  • Business Owners Struggling as Their Supplies are Stuck in Transit

    October 24, 2021

    Business Owners Struggling as Their Supplies are Stuck in Transit

    October 24, 2021

    Retailers are struggling to keep up with rising consumer demand. Everything, from food to ...

  • Paradise Lost: Recovery after California’s Deadliest Wildfire

    August 1, 2021

    Paradise Lost: Recovery after California’s Deadliest Wildfire

    August 1, 2021

    Dozens of dangerous wildfires are once again torching the West Coast. Oregon’s Bootleg Fir...

  • Struggling to Breathe: A Community Hit Hard By Both Air Pollution and the Pandemic

    March 14, 2021

    Struggling to Breathe: A Community Hit Hard By Both Air Pollution and the Pandemic

    March 14, 2021

    The residents of Imperial County, California have struggled against poor air quality for d...

  • Paradise Lost: The California Town Still Recovering After the 2018 Wildfires

    September 20, 2020

    Paradise Lost: The California Town Still Recovering After the 2018 Wildfires

    September 20, 2020

    Firefighters on the West Coast are facing the worst wildfire season yet. Across California...

  • August 17, 2019

    August 24, 2019

    August 17, 2019

    August 24, 2019

  • State of Inequality? Why are so many in California struggling to get by on a six-figure income

    May 25, 2019

    State of Inequality? Why are so many in California struggling to get by on a six-figure income

    May 25, 2019

    Californians struggle with some of the highest home prices in the country with a median pr...

  • Former Governor Jerry Brown talks about climate change and the future of California

    May 25, 2019

    Former Governor Jerry Brown talks about climate change and the future of California

    May 25, 2019

    Former Governor Jerry Brown sits down for a one on one with Soledad O'Brien. Gov. Brown ge...

Latest

  • End of the Pandemic or The Start of Something Else?

    January 16, 2022

    End of the Pandemic or The Start of Something Else?

    January 16, 2022

    More than two million people a day are being diagnosed with COVID-19 around the ...

  • Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Back in 2019, Jonathan Bandabaila, a Black teenager, disappeared in Oakland, Cal...

  • One Year After the Attempted Overthrow of the 2020 Presidential Election

    January 9, 2022

    One Year After the Attempted Overthrow of the 2020 Presidential Election

    January 9, 2022

    This week marks one year since the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, when insur...

  • Growing Fears for the Future of American Democracy

    January 9, 2022

    Growing Fears for the Future of American Democracy

    January 9, 2022

    Almost two years into the pandemic and Americans are worn out. Keeping up the re...

  • West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    The West Coast's megadrought is threatening our nation's food production, and th...

  • Watch: Matter of Fact: Promises of Change

    December 16, 2021

    Watch: Matter of Fact: Promises of Change

    December 16, 2021

    The "Matter of Fact Listening Tour," hosted by Soledad O'Brien, continues its ex...

  • Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta continues advocacy, shares message for others in rare interview

    December 16, 2021

    Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta continues advocacy, shares message for others in rare interview

    December 16, 2021

    Labor activist and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta and the late Cesar Chavez ...

  • Boston professor starts antiracist research, aims to change national conversation on race

    December 16, 2021

    Boston professor starts antiracist research, aims to change national conversation on race

    December 16, 2021

    Professor Ibram X. Kendi joins the Listening Tour to talk about the work of dism...

  • Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Missing for Over Two Years And Still No Answers

    January 16, 2022

    Back in 2019, Jonathan Bandabaila, a Black teenager, disappeared in Oakland, Cal...

  • West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    West Coast Megadrought Threatening Food Production, Farmers

    January 9, 2022

    The West Coast's megadrought is threatening our nation's food production, and th...

  • How West Virginia Went From First to the Bottom in Vaccination Rates

    December 5, 2021

    How West Virginia Went From First to the Bottom in Vaccination Rates

    December 5, 2021

    The COVID omicron variant is now officially in the U.S. Scientists are racing to...

  • Paying Homage to the Humble Cranberry

    November 28, 2021

    Paying Homage to the Humble Cranberry

    November 28, 2021

    There are many divisive topics to navigate at holiday dinners: politics, religio...

  • How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    How A School District is Helping Kids Get to Class Amid the Bus Driver Shortage

    November 14, 2021

    American students are struggling to get to school. About 25 million students rel...

  • The Cranberry Farmer Taking Charge in a Male Dominated Industry

    November 7, 2021

    The Cranberry Farmer Taking Charge in a Male Dominated Industry

    November 7, 2021

    Women are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s economic burden, especially women ...

  • Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    Teaching Children to Take Care of the Environment

    November 7, 2021

    A program in Fayetteville, North Carolina is hoping to prepare today’s children ...

  • When The Immigrant Population Outgrows Natural-Born Residents

    October 31, 2021

    When The Immigrant Population Outgrows Natural-Born Residents

    October 31, 2021

    The United States is getting more diverse by the year. For some rural regions, t...

  • January 15, 2022

    January 16, 2022

    January 15, 2022

    January 16, 2022

  • January 8, 2022

    January 9, 2022

    January 8, 2022

    January 9, 2022

  • January 1, 2022

    January 4, 2022

    January 1, 2022

    January 4, 2022

  • December 25, 2021

    January 4, 2022

    December 25, 2021

    January 4, 2022

  • December 11, 2021

    December 12, 2021

    December 11, 2021

    December 12, 2021

  • December 4, 2021

    December 5, 2021

    December 4, 2021

    December 5, 2021

  • November 27, 2021

    November 28, 2021

    November 27, 2021

    November 28, 2021

  • November 20, 2021

    November 21, 2021

    November 20, 2021

    November 21, 2021

More videos