For immediate release
November 17, 2017
Contact: Ken Quinn, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (207) 713-8700
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, is currently gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation. New Hampshire is one of the key states being targeted to pass a resolution applying for a convention to impose term limits on congress. USTL praises Rep. Scott Wallace (NH-District 33) for signing its Article V Term Limits Convention Pledge.
The pledge is provided to candidates and members of the state legislatures nationwide. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of the state legislature, I will support and vote for the resolution applying for an Article V convention for the limited purpose of enacting term limits on Congress.”
Wallace didn’t stop at just signing the pledge. He took it upon himself to sponsor HCR-12, the resolution applying for the term limits convention. Wallace believes, “For too long many Members of Congress have enriched themselves at the expense of the taxpayers and have not represented their constituents as they took an oath to do. A term limits amendment would focus the legislator on serving his or her constituents, not fundraising for a perpetual incestuous relationship between donors & special interests. Wallace predicts, “Public Policy would improve as a result [of term limits], and Congress would have an energy about it we haven’t seen in decades. ”
USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on Wallace’s efforts, saying, “Scott’s support of term limits shows that there are legislators who are willing to listen to the majority of voters who want term limits. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
In the 1995 case, Thornton v. U.S. Term Limits, the Supreme Court of the United States opined that only a Constitutional Amendment could limit the terms of U.S. Senators and House Representatives. According to Nick Tomboulides, Executive Director of USTL, the best chance of imposing term limits on congress is through an Article V Convention of state legislatures. “While we’d like for Congress to take the high road and impose limits on itself, our goal is to trigger the latter, a convention of states,” claims Tomboulides. “That is why it is important to get support from state legislators.”, he added. Once proposed, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states.
Blumel noted, “More than 75% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through a congressional term limits amendment. Representative Wallace knows this, and he is willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”
According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by Gallup, the issue enjoys wide bipartisan support. The results demonstrate that 75% of Americans support congressional term limits. Gallup’s analysis states, “Republicans and Independents are slightly more likely than Democrats to favor term limits; nevertheless, the vast majority of all party groups agree on the issue. Further, Gallup finds no generational differences in support for the proposal.”
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