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Report: Congressmen on Banking Committees Got Special Loans

  by Nick Tomboulides Members of Congress who took seats on powerful banking and finance committees received special low-interest loans, according to a new study by two London Business School professors. The study, which looked at congressional behavior from 2004-2011, found that members who regulated Wall Street received bigger loans, lower interest rates and more

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This Beloved President Demanded Term Limits on Congress

By Nick Tomboulides In surveys of historians and the American people, President Harry S. Truman is regarded as one of the best leaders our nation has ever had. Truman, a Democrat who Republicans also admire, ascended to the presidency in 1945 while World War II was still being fought. He presided over the surrender of nazi Germany

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Article V: The People’s Path to Term Limits

by Stacey Selleck The Constitution assures each American’s fundamental, inalienable rights are protected. They are sacrosanct and must not modified. I believe that firmly. That being said, as a proponent for the merits of the Constitution, the Constitution itself states that there is a process by which it may be modified. The framers, in their

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Pledge-Signing Candidates Say Career Politicians Must Go

“After decades spent in Washington enriching themselves, career politicians invariably lose touch with Oregonians,” says Sam Carpenter, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate. Carpenter is a businessman, a newcomer to politics, and one of 170 (and counting) signers of the USTL Term Limits Amendment Pledge so far this campaign season. “Ron Wyden is no different,”

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Harvard Prof Calls Out Term Limits Hypocrites

by Nick Tomboulides A Harvard political scientist has written a new Op-Ed calling U.S. politicians hypocrites for criticizing the tenure of foreign leaders while allowing America to be run by career politicians and judges. “While the U.S. government critiques the tenure of foreign officials, it should consider whether the principles it espouses are reflected in our country’s own

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Former Governor Leads Term Limits Battle on Chicago Mayor

by Stacey Selleck, US Term Limits Pat Quinn takes the fight to Rahm Emanuel’s Post Former Governor of Illinois, Pat Quinn, is spearheading a grassroots effort to impose a two-term limit on the Chicago mayor, a position currently held by Rahm Emanuel. The effort, known as “Take Charge Chicago,” includes a petition drive to collect

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Politics as usual is broken

by Rebekah Johansen-Bydlak, Candidate in Florida’s 1st Congressional District With $19 trillion in debt and a deeply dysfunctional federal government that continually encroaches beyond its constitutional bounds, it’s no surprise that voters overwhelmingly support term limits. The American people know that the entrenched special interests do not stand for them, but without enforced limits, an enormous barrier

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Johnson-Weld Ticket Makes Term Limits Pledge

by Philip Blumel Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised libertarian presidential candidates Governor Gary Johnson and Governor Bill Weld for pledging, if elected, to support a constitutional amendment for term limits on members of Congress. With Sens. Ted Cruz and

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Exposing Congress’ Dirty Tricks

by Stacey Selleck, US Term Limits Congress is out of control! And I’m not talking about passing too many or too few laws. Heck, I just want them to focus on the job we are paying them to do instead of on their own personal wealth. Is that too much to ask? Unless you live

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We have term limits. They’re called indictments.

By Paul Jacob | May 18, 2016 | The following originally appeared on Paul Jacob’s Common Sense How does that old, pithy anti-term limits slogan go, again? “We already have term limits, they’re called indictments! ” Wait . . . is that it? Must be. This election year — the year of the outsider, the

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