For immediate release
May 13, 2024
Contact: Shanna Chamblee, U.S. Term Limits
schamblee@termlimits.org
VICTORY: Louisiana Legislature Passes Term Limits on Congress Resolution
Baton Rouge, LA — Today, the Louisiana House passed SCR2, a resolution applying for a national convention to propose term limits on Congress with a vote of 81 yeas and 11 nays. The effort was sponsored by Louisiana State Representative Mark Wright and State Senator Mark Abraham.
The application is officially heading to Congress to be counted towards the 34 state applications required to call a term limits convention. This success is part of a national, nonpartisan movement led by U.S. Term Limits to fight careerism in Washington, D.C.
Rep. Mark Wright says, “I’m proud to work with U.S. Term Limits to pass Louisiana’s Article V convention resolution. We are now another state on record to support this effort.”
Article V of the U.S. Constitution provides states the authority to impose term limits on Congress without congressional approval. For the term limits amendment convention to be called, at total of 34 states must pass similar resolutions. Once a term limits amendment is proposed, it must be ratified by 38 states for it to be added to the U.S. Constitution. This process allows the states to completely bypass Congress.
The President of U.S. Term Limits, Philip Blumel said “Eighty-seven percent of Americans support term limits on Congress, including huge majorities of Democrats, Republicans and independents. This is a rare, truly nonpartisan issue with national appeal.”
SCR2 was supported by both Democrats and Republicans and passed easily through both chambers of the Louisiana state legislature.
“Senator Abraham and Representative Wright have been an integral part of the victory in Louisiana. Their efforts helped put Louisiana at the forefront of states calling for term limits on Congress,” Blumel added. “The progress here today has laid the groundwork for future successes.”
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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. USTL 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.