USTL Blog Articles

USTL’s Opening Testimony During First Term Limits Hearing in 20 Years

Thank you Mr. Chairman and Senators for providing me an opportunity to address this important issue. I want you to imagine, for a moment, that you are an employer and you’ve got some problems with your employees. When you hire these employees they promised they would do exactly what you asked of them but once

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Dousing the Dumpster Fire

“Congress is less popular than traffic jams, root canals, and hemorrhoids,” U.S. Term Limits Executive Director Nick Tomboulides explained yesterday at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing. “You’re beating head lice,” he added, “but the lice have asked for a recount.” Mr. Tomboulides and U.S. Term Limits support Senate Joint Resolution 1, introduced by Sen. Ted

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Two BIG Broadcasts as Senate Subcommittee Hears Arguments on Term Limits for Congress

Tuesday, June 18th is a big day for term limits on Congress. Senator Ted Cruz will preside over a hearing for SJR1, a resolution he sponsors. The event, entitled “Keeping Congress Accountable with Term Limits,” will be held at 2:30 pm and will feature the Executive Director of U.S. Term Limits, Nicolas Tomboulides, who was

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Knock Down the Incumbency

Over the weekend, I suffered through Knock Down the House . . . so you don’t have to. While the documentary heralding four inexperienced Democratic women running for Congress in 2018 cost Netflix $10 million, I did not have to spend a dime — beyond my regular monthly subscription. The award-winning film, directed by Rachel Lears, who wrote it along with her husband,

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Where Do the 2020 Presidential Candidates Stand on Term Limits?

By Nick Tomboulides Special Thanks: One of the many superstars we are fortunate to work with at U.S. Term Limits is Ken Quinn, our Northern Regional Director. Over the last few weeks and months, Ken has been more machine than man – tracking down presidential candidates everywhere and getting them on the record about term

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Does power cause brain damage?

Several times on our No Uncertain Terms podcast, Nick has referred to a study that suggests that subjects under the influence of power act as if they have suffered a traumatic brain injury. Naturally, this sounds immediately plausible to anyone who as attentive to the U.S. Congress as we are. But seriously, brain damage? Maybe

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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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