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Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Email: stillman@termlimits.com
Phone: (321) 345-7455
Ten Candidates in Pennsylvania CD-12 Race Sign Pledge to Term Limit Congress
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Pennsylvania CD-12 candidates State Rep. Fred Keller, Malcolm Derk, Kevin Ferrara, James Canning, Maria Montero, Matthew Timm, Robert Jeffries and Joseph Moralez for signing its congressional term limits pledge. Previously, two other candidates, State Rep. Jeff Wheeland and Davis Haire also committed their support. The CD-12 seat was vacated by Rep. Tom Marino who resigned earlier this year. There will be no primary as the political parties will be nominating their own candidates. The general election is scheduled for May 21, 2019.
Currently, U.S. Term Limits has nearly 70 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on their pledges saying, “Strong support for term limits in this race 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 (SJR1) and the House of Representatives by Representative Francis Rooney (HJR20).
Blumel noted, “We have seen a dramatic increase in those wanting term limits on Congress. 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. Pennsylvania is fortunate to have this many candidates supportive of our mission.”
According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, conducted in January 2018, term limits enjoy 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 return control of our nation to the people. It is time for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms.”
The term limits amendment resolutions 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.
Congressional term limits is the one bipartisan issue supported by both President Trump and former President Obama.
View Keller’s signed pledge here.
View Derk’s signed pledge here.
View Ferrara’s signed pledge here.
View Canning’s signed pledge here.
View Montero’s signed pledge here.
View Haire’s signed pledge here.
View Wheeland’s signed pledge here.
View Timm’s signed pledge here.
View Jeffries’s signed pledge here.
View Moralez’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.
