Author: Stacey Selleck

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.

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

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

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

“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