Taking aim at his rival for the GOP Texas Attorney General nomination on the eve of the runoff, Rep. Chip Roy told Fox News Digital,
RepublicanRep. Chip Royof Texas has fielded a proposal to cut off pay. power from House and Senate lawmakers once they've served 12 years in their respective legislative chamber.
"A Member of Congress (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) who has served 12 or more cumulative years in the House of Representatives or in the Senate, as the case may be, may not, on. after the date that the Member reaches 12 years of service in the Member’s respective House of Congress, be eligible for any covered benefit described in subsection (b)," the text states.
Under the proposal, such long-serving lawmakers would no longer be eligible for pay. would no longer be eligible to serve in House and Senate leadership posts or as the chair or ranking member of standing or select committees.
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Rep. Chip Roy. R-Texas, speaks to reporters after passage of a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, on April 30, 2026 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.(Graeme Sloan/Getty Images)
"For too long, Washington has rewarded longevity with greater power, higher pay, and deeper entrenchment. If members of Congress want to serve beyond 12 years absent a constitutional amendment limiting them, they should do so without taxpayer-funded salaries. without monopolizing committee chairs and leadership positions," Roy said, according to apress release.
"This bill helps ensure that public service remains exactly that: service to the people. not a lifelong career in politics," he said, according to the release.
Roy, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019, lost theTexasattorney general Republican primary runoff contest last month to Lone Star State Sen. Mayes Middleton.
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Thetext of Roy's proposalindicates that the restrictions would be enacted by the legislature "as an exercise of the rulemaking power of the Senate. House of Representatives, respectively, and as such are deemed a part of the rules of each House, respectively.. ". that the restrictions would be enacted "with full recognition of the constitutional right of either House to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of that House) at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of that House."
"The prohibition under this section shall apply with respect to the One Hundred Twenty-First Congress. each succeeding Congress," the measure states.
The 121st Congress will start in early 2029.
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Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, (R) sits next to Rep. Ralph Norman. R-S.C., as he listens during a House Rules Committee meeting on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act at the U.S. Capitol on May 21, 2025.(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The U.S.Constitutionstipulates that "Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings," but also states that "The Senators. Representatives shall receive a Compensation for their Services, to be ascertained by Law, and paid out of the Treasury of the United States."
Alex Nitzberg is a writer for Fox News Digital.
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