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Strong Support for Congressional Term Limits in Connecticut CD-5 Race


August 9, 2018

For immediate release

August 9, 2018
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
stillman@termlimits.org

Strong Support for Congressional Term Limits in Connecticut CD-5 Race

Washington, D.C. —  U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Connecticut U.S. House candidate (CD-5) Manny Santos for signing its congressional term limits pledge. Recently, Rich DuPont and John Pistone, also candidates in the race, demonstrated their commitment by signing the pledge.

Nearly 60 pledge signers in Congress have signed the term limits pledge. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on the pledges saying, “The strong support for term limits in Connecticut shows that there are individuals who are willing to put self-interest aside to follow the will of the people. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”

The U.S. Term Limits Amendment pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that, as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.” The U.S. Term Limits Constitutional Amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz (SJR2) and the House of Representatives by Representative Ron DeSantis (HJR6).

Blumel noted, “More than 82% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through congressional term limits. Manny, Rich and John know this and are willing to work to assure we reach our goal.”

According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, conducted in January 2018, term limits enjoys wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups.  An overwhelming 82% of voters approve of a Constitutional Amendment that will place term limits on members of Congress.”

Blumel concluded, “America is in trouble. Our career politicians have let the people down. It is time to limit their terms and return control of our nation to the people. It is time for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms.”

The term limits amendment bills would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.

View Santos’s signed pledge here.
View DuPont’s signed pledge here.
View Pistone’s signed pledge here.

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U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country. We connect term limits supporters with their legislators and work to pass term limits at all levels of government, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Find out more at termlimits.org.

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