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U.S. Term Limits works to keep Ohio’s eight year term limits

By Nick Tomboulides U.S. Term Limits today launched a series of radio spots warning citizens that the Ohio legislature is considering legislation that would water down that state’s current term limits legislation. The spots, set to air in major media markets, warns that legislation now before the state House would effectively neutralize current law by

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South Carolina Files Congressional Term Limits Resolution

The South Carolina General Assembly has filed resolutions that would help bring about the Term Limits Convention, a new initiative to place term limits on members of Congress. By using Article V of the U.S. Constitution, 34 state legislatures can team up for a convention to propose a congressional term limits amendment. The Term Limits Convention

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Here’s Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Term Limits

by Nick Tomboulides Campaign 2016 is in full swing, and it’s being called the “year of the outsider,” with nontraditional candidates shaking things up in both parties. Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has built a commanding lead by attacking “incompetent politicians” in Washington. But Trump hasn’t endorsed term limits, the one reform that’s guaranteed to address

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Ex-Speaker, Senate Prez Jailed as NY Cauldron of Corruption Bubbles Over

by Nick Tomboulides ALBANY, NY — The New York State Legislature has become an ongoing experiment to see what happens when politicians are given decades in office with no term limits or accountability. The results have been nothing short of disaster. Last week, former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican who served in Albany for

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Term Limits Convention – Answering Your Questions

by USTL Staff We’ve had a lot of questions come in from supporters since launching the Term Limits Convention, a state-driven effort to enact term limits on Congress. For the sake of time, we decided to use this post to answer the six most common questions you had about the process: How do states initiate

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Why I Fight for City Council Term Limits

by James Hass Another drop in the bucket is just a drop closer to overflowing and the aspiring career politicians on my City Council would probably say the same. You’re not alone in feeling overburdened by politicians and their crony policies that never seem to deliver the desired result. All across the country citizens are

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House Speaker Now “Slightly Less” of a Career Politician

by Nick Tomboulides Republicans in Congress are making some huge, sweeping, monumental, life-altering changes to their leadership today. Or not. According to reports, 24-year career politician John Boehner is stepping down as House Speaker to make room for Rep. Paul Ryan, who is merely a 16-year career politician. For those of us who want to see

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Term Limits Convention Bills Filed in Florida

  by Nick Tomboulides With assistance from U.S. Term Limits, Florida state legislators have officially filed bills calling for a Term Limits Convention, a single-subject Article V campaign to enact term limits on the U.S. Congress. The bills, House Memorial 417 and Senate Memorial 630, were filed by State Representative Larry Metz (R-Groveland) and State

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