Chip Roy Has a Plan to Drain Congress of Its Elderly Swamp Creatures

In this RedState article, Becky Noble reports on Rep. Chip Roy’s proposal to discourage career politicians from remaining in Congress indefinitely by stripping certain benefits from lawmakers who serve too long.

• Roy’s bill would target members of the House or Senate who have served 12 or more cumulative years in their respective chamber.
• Rather than imposing formal term limits through a constitutional amendment, Roy’s approach would use congressional rulemaking power to limit what long-serving members can receive.
• The proposal would make members past the 12-year mark ineligible for congressional pay.
• It would also block them from holding major positions of power, including House or Senate leadership roles, committee chairmanships, and ranking-member posts.
• Roy argues that Washington rewards longevity with “greater power, higher pay, and deeper entrenchment,” turning public service into a lifelong political career.
• The article notes that the Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to determine its own rules, which Roy’s proposal attempts to use as the mechanism for reform.
• The restrictions would not begin immediately; according to the article, they would take effect with the 129th Congress, which begins in 2029.
• Noble frames the bill as a workaround for the difficulty of passing full congressional term limits, while also pointing to public frustration with aging lawmakers who refuse to retire.
• The article concludes that the most revealing part may be seeing which lawmakers vote for or against a proposal that would limit their own pay, prestige, and power.

Read the full story: https://redstate.com/beckynoble/2026/06/11/rep-chip-roy-may-have-the-answer-of-how-to-get-elderly-congressional-swamp-creatures-to-retire-n2203250