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Georgia Lawmaker Claims “Career Politicians Get Detached From Folks Back Home”

For immediate release March 21, 2017 Contact: James Alvarado Georgia State Director, US Term Limits Phone: (770) 376-0772 Email: jalvarado@termlimits.com Atlanta, Georgia – Politicians go to Washington, D.C., but if they stay too long they get disengaged from their constituents, says one of the sponsors of a Congressional term limits resolution in the Georgia legislature. “I think you

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Georgia Resolution for Term Limits on Congress in Jeopardy

For immediate release March 20, 2017 Contact: James Alvarado Georgia State Director, US Term Limits Phone: (770) 376-0772 Email: jalvarado@termlimits.com Georgia Resolution for Term Limits on Congress in Jeopardy Atlanta, Georgia – The resolution calling for a term limits amendment on Congress has not seen the light of day in the Georgia House, despite passing the

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New Poll: Majority of New Hampshirites Support Congressional Term Limits

For immediate release January 12, 2018 Contact: Ken Quinn, U.S. Term Limits Email: kquinn@termlimits.com Phone: (207) 713-8700 New Poll: Overwhelming Majority of New Hampshirites Support Congressional Term Limits Bridgton, ME — A new poll shows that New Hampshire residents resoundingly agree that it is time for term limits on Congress. The survey, conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, found that 76

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New Hampshire Files Congressional Term Limits Resolution

For immediate release January 4, 2018 Contact: Ken Quinn, U.S. Term Limits Phone: (207) 713-8700 Bridgton, ME — Yesterday, the State of New Hampshire House of Representatives filed a concurrent resolution that would help bring about the Term Limits Convention, an initiative to place term limits on members of Congress. By using Article V of

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Does Congress Have a Dementia Problem?

By Nick Tomboulides This November marks 40 years since President Richard Nixon stood in front of America and said “people have got to know if their president is a crook.” Of course, Nixon was knee-deep in his own muck. But he was also making a great point: Don’t Americans deserve to know any fact about

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Another Political Crook Thwarted by Term Limits

Florida Representative Dwayne Taylor tumbles from grace after being found guilty in federal court for fraud related to illegal use of his campaign contributions as a personal slush fund. Taylor, of Daytona, embezzled donations to finance his lavish lifestyle including his wedding at the Waldorf-Astoria in Manhattan, a honeymoon in Hawaii, and a Mercedes-Benz. “This

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Term Limit States Ranked Best as Career Politicians Flop

Surprise, surprise. A brand new report says states with term-limited legislatures are outperforming their career politician counterparts. According to George Mason University’s “Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition 2017” report, 8 of the 15 fiscally strongest states have legislative term limits. When one considers that only 15 out of 50 states have legislative term limits,

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Two More U.S. Term Limits Pledgers Elected to Congress

This week, the nation watched with anticipation as special elections for Congress took place in South Carolina and Georgia. What the mainstream media didn’t report, however, is that both winning candidates are term limits advocates who’ve signed the U.S. Term Limits Pledge! The big winners – Ralph Norman and Karen Handel – have committed to

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Florida Lawmaker Cheating Term Limits

  A sneaky politician in Florida is cheating term limits by running for re-election despite having reached his eight-year limit. James Grant (R-Tampa) was elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2010 and is term-limited in 2018. He has not only filed to run for a fifth consecutive term in 2018, but Grant says

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Calling Hatch Home

Back in 2012, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch pledged that, if elected, his current six-year term would be his last. On Election Day 2018, Hatch will be 84 years old — and have spent more than half his life in Washington. Still, Utah’s senior senator just announced he intends to run for re-election for an eighth

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