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The Term Limit Revolution

This new book The Term Limit Revolution is now available. It details all the reasons we need term limits, but more importantly it gives a comprehensive plan for imposing them.

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Bipartisan Appeal

Term limits have always been popular, and the appeal has always been bipartisan. We also observe this bipartisan appeal in legislative bodies where we’ve successfully fought for term limits proposals. Examples include the votes we’ve had for resolutions calling for an Article V Term Limits Convention in state legislatures. USTL Executive Director Nick Tomboulides reminded us

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2019 First Ever “SCAMMY AWARDS” for Corrupt Politicians

On the 1 year anniversary of our “No Uncertain Terms” podcast, we decided to dedicate the show to all of you who followed the headlines, controversies, and breakthroughs of the movement via this podcast each week, and our move to take action. Thank you. But of course, we must also recognize those who inspire us

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Billionaire Tom Steyer Makes Term Limits on Congress Key Platform Issue

U.S. Term Limits is a nonpartisan organization focused solely on term limits, particularly on term limits for the U.S. Congress. While we do not endorse any candidates for any office, we do publicize when candidates sign our term limits pledge and any prominent figures who make a major endorsement of our mission to term limit

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Our Plan for the 28th Amendment to Term Limit Congress

The US Supreme Court decided that the only way to impose term limits on Congress is by an amendment to the Constitution. There are two steps to getting an amendment: proposal and ratification. ***Notice: there is no such thing as a national ballot initiative to put this to a vote of the people.*** STEP 1.

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They’re Called Term Limits

Looking for an exemplar of condescending witlessness? Take Steve Benen, producer of MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show. Please! Last week, I praised Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer for endorsing term limits, while Benen panned him at The Maddow Blog, calling term limits a “gimmick.” So, when Aristotle argued for mandatory rotation in office, that was just a stunt? “I imagine most term-limit proponents mean

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Why Did Term Limits Spring Up in the 1990s?

Paul Jacob is a Board Member of U. S. Term Limits, and President of the Liberty Initiative Fund. Why did term limits spring up in the 1990s? Term limitation has a long history in America, of course, and all the way back to Aristotle. But why the resurgence? I remember opponents to term limits suggesting

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H. “Ross” Perot Addresses Term Limits

Let me do it first on a personal level. If the American people send me up to do this job, I intend to be there one term. I do not intend to spend one minute of one day thinking about re-election. And as a matter of principle — and my situation is unique, and I

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