USTL Blog Articles

Mitch McConnell Signs U.S. Term Limits Pledge

In a surprise about-face today, Senate President and 34-year incumbent Mitch McConnell came out in support of congressional term limits. McConnell told reporters he had signed a popular pledge that commits him to “cosponsor and vote for” the U.S. Term Limits amendment limiting senators to 12 years in office and house members to six. In

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25 Florida State Legislators Named “Champions of Term Limits”

For immediate release March 18th, 2019 Contact: Stacey Selleck Phone: (727) 744-0740 25 Florida State Legislators Named “Champions of  Term Limits” TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida-based U.S. Term Limits, the nation’s largest pro-term limits group, today announced it was honoring 25 state legislators as 2019 “Champions of Term Limits” in Florida. The award recognizes “a steadfast

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2019 Special Elections Bring Out Overwhelming Support for Congressional Term Limits

by Stacey Selleck In 2019, there will three special elections to fill vacant U.S. House seats. In two of the three races, the candidates have shown overwhelming support for limiting the terms of our federal legislative branch. And more signers are yet to come. To date, in the Pennsylvania’s twelfth congressional district race, 12 U.S.

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Inaugural Term Limits Day a National Success!

by Stacey Selleck February 27th marked the first ever National Term Limits Day. Celebratory events took place all over the country. Some of the activities were guided tours of state capitols, some were sign waves, one was an online lecture to students in Colorado, a few others were luncheons with term limits discussions. USTL organized

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New Research: Congressional Tenure Steadily Increasing

by Stacey Selleck If you think members of Congress are serving longer and longer terms, your suspicions have been proved correct, as evidenced by the latest report entitled, “Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2019” by William T. Egar of the Congressional Research Service (Updated January 3, 2019.) INCREASING: TENURE Long gone

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Nick Tomboulides’ Public Testimony on Term Limits for Florida School Boards

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director, US Term Limits. Just wanted to point out I think it’s fascinating that the folks in this room who have come out in opposition to term limits all seem to be lobbyists. I don’t really think that is a coincidence. I think terms limits actually stymie the

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Democratic-Republican Day

“We live in a republic,” I often hear, “not a democracy!” Sometimes it seems like we live in neither. Today is the first National Term Limits Day. Its proponents aim to style February 27th as an annual event. It’s a new thing. But term limits themselves are not new. For instance, 68 years ago today, the 22nd Amendment was

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The Soul of Citizen Government

Today’s federal holiday represents a truly spectacular feat of modern public administration: actual downsizing. By our federal government, no less. Where once there were two federal holidays, Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday, now there is just one: Presidents’ Day. There is no equal in public sector simplicity, frugality, efficiency. Stand in awe, fair citizens.* In that

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Term Limits Advocates Celebrate “Term Limits Day” February 27th

Get ready to cheer for the idea of citizen legislators. On Wednesday, February 27th, term limits supporters throughout America will celebrate the first annual “Term Limits Day.” A project of U.S. Term Limits, Term Limits Day will raise awareness for the most popular and bipartisan issue in America. According to a 2018 poll by McLaughlin

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