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18-ft Giant Hog Touring a Michigan Town Near You

For Immediate Release December 12, 2019 Contact: Scott Tillman (231) 282-1167 18-ft Giant Hog Touring a Michigan Town Near You Grand Rapids, Michigan — An 18-foot hog is coming to protest plans by lobbyists and state legislators to gut Michigan’s term limits. The pig symbolizes the gluttonous attempt by the Michigan legislature to keep feeding

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18-ft Giant Hog Touring a Michigan Town Near You

For Immediate Release December 11, 2019 Contact: Scott Tillman (231) 282-1167 18-ft Giant Hog Touring a Michigan Town Near You Grand Rapids, Michigan — An 18-foot hog is coming to protest attempts by lobbyists and state legislators to gut Michigan’s term limits. The pig symbolizes the gluttonous attempt by the Michigan legislature to keep feeding

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No Uncertain Terms Podcast Episode 69: Save Michigan Term Limits

Philip Blumel: why do lobbyists HATE term limits? Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of December 9, 2019. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: As we reported in last week’s episode, a group of legislators turned lobbyists have

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18-ft Giant Hog Coming to Benton Harbor

For Immediate Release December 3, 2019 Contact: Scott Tillman (231) 282-1167 Benton Harbor, Michigan — An 18-foot hog is coming to protest plans by lobbyists and state legislators to gut Michigan’s term limits. The pig symbolizes the gluttonous attempt by the Michigan legislature to keep feeding at the public trough on the taxpayer dime. December

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No Uncertain Terms Episode 68: Impeachment & Save Michigan Term Limits

Philip Blumel: The lobbyists are taking term limits to court in Michigan. Philip Blumel: Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of December 2nd, 2019. Philip Blumel: In a recent episode we reported on the challenge to Michigan’s popular term limits law

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No Uncertain Terms Episode 67: Success in Louisiana

Philip Blumel: Career politicians are officially on notice. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the Term Limits movement for the week of November 25th, 2019. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: The new strategy of aggressively educating voters about who supports and who opposes congressional

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Article V is the best way to term limit a broken Congress

by Stacey Selleck This week, U.S. Term Limits’ Chairman, Howard Rich, took to the stage at the Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The event, entitled “What’s Next for American Democracy?,” featured Harvard Law School Professor Lawrence Lessig discussing why an amendment convention is the best way to bypass Congress to get things done. Jeffrey Rosen, president

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No Uncertain Terms Episode 66: Bolivia Ex-President on the Run

Philip Blumel: Another term limits scofflaw bites the dust. Hi, I’m Philip Blumel. Welcome to No Uncertain Terms, the official podcast of the term limits movement for the week of November 18, 2019. Stacey Selleck: Your sanctuary from partisan politics. Philip Blumel: Evo Morales, former president of Bolivia, tried to make an end run around

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Myth-Busting 101: “Congress Will Never Vote to Term Limit Itself”

by Nick Tomboulides “How can you expect Congress to vote for term limits on itself? That’ll never happen!” But it already has. In 1995, the House of Representatives voted 227-204 in favor of a constitutional amendment limiting its own terms and those of U.S. Senators. The bill didn’t pass because, while it received a pure majority,

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