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by Staff As of April 16, 2015, four people have announced their legitimate candidacies for president of the United States. There’s one Democrat, Hillary Clinton, and three freshman Republican senators: Rand Paul, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. The latter are familiar with one another considering they have been fighting for the soul of the GOP
by Nick Tomboulides Since making the jump from medicine to politics in 2010, Rand Paul has been a consistent advocate for citizen legislators. Paul co-sponsored the U.S. Term Limits amendment in the Senate, and even introduced his own amendment to limit congressional terms. Today, in his first speech as a candidate for president in
by Nick Tomboulides We have some big news out of Washington. Two U.S. Term Limits pledge signers, Republican Rod Blum (IA) and Democrat Beto O’Rourke (TX), have announced the formation of a term limits caucus, which will work to build bipartisan support behind a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on Congress. “The root of
by Nick Tomboulides WASHINGTON, D.C — When 20-term Congressman Philip Flop took a brief break from his round of golf today to speak with press, he needed to be reminded by reporters that he actually represents the state of Illinois, not Hawaii as he had believed for the last decade. Flop’s frequent junkets to the Aloha
Can Americans term-limit Congress? by Paul Jacob Twenty-three states had passed term limits on their congressional delegations by 1995 — many while simultaneously term-limiting state lawmakers. Voters in most other states lack statewide initiative rights. But if the term limits passed by the 23 had been left alone, the pressure would have been enormous
by Nick Tomboulides “If you pass term limits, lobbyists and staff will have too much power,” the critics grumbled, before Floridians enacted term limits with 77 percent of the vote in 1992. According to new research from Prof. Randall Holcombe of Florida State University, these doom and gloom predictions were way off-the-mark. Holcombe took two touchstones for
This piece originally appeared in the Bangor Daily News. by Nick Tomboulides Now that he’s back in the Legislature for a 24th term, Rep. John Martin is looking to settle a score with the term limits that ousted him from power over two decades ago. Martin’s latest effort to repeal Maine’s term limits — which
by Nick Tomboulides Tallahassee, FL— U.S. Term Limits (USTL) presented “Defender of Term Limits” awards to eight Florida legislators this week for their commitments to protecting the state’s citizen-initiated and voter-approved eight-year term limits law. The eight recipients were: Sen. Aaron Bean (R-Duval), Sen. Joe Negron (R-Martin), Rep. Amanda Murphy (D-Pasco), Rep. Cary Pigman (R-Highlands),
