For immediate release
March 6, 2024
Contact: Shanna Chamblee, U.S. Term Limits
schamblee@termlimits.com
Kansas Senate Committee Passes Resolution to Term Limit Congress
Kansas City, KS — The Kansas Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 1609 (SCR1609), which proposes a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The effort is led by Senator J.R. Claeys and spearheaded by the nonpartisan nonprofit U.S. Term Limits and passed with a voice vote and only one objection.
As U.S. Term Limits’ President Philip Blumel put it, “The people of Kansas are lucky to have public servants who see what is going on in D.C. and are willing to take action to fix it. They know that Congress won’t set term limits on itself. Therefore, it is the obligation of the states to do so.”
It is clear that the people of Kansas agree. According to the latest Kansas poll by RMG Research, 83% of likely voters in Kansas support term limits on Congress, including strong support among Republicans, Democrats, and Independents alike.
SCR1609 has bipartisan sponsorship and the support of more than fifty legislators who have signed the term limits pledge, promising to support the congressional term limits effort. Once the measure passes both chambers, Kansas will be in the forefront of the states in the nation to file an application for a convention with the exclusive purpose of proposing term limits on the U.S. Congress.
After 34 state legislatures pass similar resolutions on the topic, and the term limits amendment approved, it must be ratified by 38 states to become part of the U.S. Constitution. We’re one step closer to bringing back citizen legislators to Congress and restoring trust in the democratic process.
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U.S. Term Limits is the largest nonpartisan, nonprofit organization advocating solely on term limits. Our mission is to improve the quality of government with a citizen legislature that closely reflects its constituency and is responsive to the needs of the people it serves. U.S. Term Limits does not require a self-limit on individuals. Our aim is to limit the terms of all members of Congress as an institution. Find out more at termlimits.org.
*U.S. Term Limits does not endorse candidates. Candidates who sign the pledge endorse term limits.