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Arkansas Supporters of Stricter Legislative Term Limits Submit 135,590 Signatures

Their web site says: “We did it!” Arkansas Term Limits reported collecting over 135,000 signatures, about 60% more signatures than the 84,859 signatures required to send constitutional amendments to ballot. The amendment for which they have collected petitions would impose ten-year term limits on service in the state legislature as a whole. July 6 was

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Will New York Reelect Yet Another Indicted Congressman?

by Philip Blumel, President, U.S. Term Limits U.S. Congressman Christopher Collins, who represents western New York near Buffalo, was arrested on Aug. 8, 2018 for insider trading. According to the Wall Street Journal, he was charged with a scheme “to sell the shares of an Australian biotechnology company before the public disclosure of a failed

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The Washington swamp can’t run a country but they can sure run a smear campaign

By Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits Their target this time is Rick Scott, who’s promoting term limits in a state where 82 percent of residents want term limits. That used to be called representation but it’s apparently beyond the pale for Florida’s political class, who say Congress is working just fine. Maybe

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What would a congressional term limits amendment look like?

[Editor’s note] What will a congressional term limits amendment look like? How many years could a Senator or House Rep. serve? Would the limit be based on a lifetime or consecutive years of service? by David Guldenschuh The short answer is we do not know, at this time, what the language of the amendment will

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Q: Who holds the record for longest time in Congress?

A: U.S. Representative John Dingell, from Michigan, is the longest-serving member of Congress in U.S. history. The lawmaker retired from the U.S. House of Representatives in 2015 at the age of 87 after serving since 1955. Dingell holds the record for longest serving member of Congress at 59 years, 21 days. That’s 30 terms in office.

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Florida School Board Term Limits on the Ballot Nov. 6th

by Stacey Selleck, U.S. Term Limits Florida loves term limits. It is one of the best states in the country for term limits on elected officials. It has placed term limits on its governor, cabinet, legislature, most of its county commissioners, and many local offices. Florida was the first state to pass the term limits

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Midway Through Midterms

Written by Austin Sekel Earlier this week Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia each held their party primaries which means we are now exactly halfway through this primary election cycle. Of the 490 primary elections for congressional seats in 2018 to date, 167 races have been uncontested and 225 incumbents won reelection. This

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