May 11, 2020
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
stillman@termlimits.com
Eighth Candidate in Florida CD-19 Pledges Support for Term Limits on Congress
Washington, DC – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the non-partisan national movement to limit terms for elected officials, praises 2020 U.S. House candidate for Florida (district 19), Randy Henderson, for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress. Previously seven other candidates in the race, Dan Severson, State Rep. Byron Donalds, State Rep. Heather Fitzenhagen, State Rep. Dane Eagle, Ford O’Connell, William Figlesthaler and Casey Askar, also signed the pledge. These candidates hope to fill the seat of Rep. Francis Rooney, who will not seek re-election in 2020. Rooney is the current prime sponsor of U.S. House Joint Resolution 20 (HJR20) for term limits on Congress. The primary election for FL CD19 is August 18, 2020.
U.S. Term Limits has the support of 70 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on their pledges saying, “This strong support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to put self-interest aside to follow the will of the people. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
The U.S. Term Limits amendment pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.” The U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz (SJR1) and the U.S. House by Representative Francis Rooney (HJR20).
Blumel noted, “We have seen a dramatic increase in supporters wanting term limits on Congress. More than 82% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through congressional term limits.”
According to a 2018 nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, term limits enjoy wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups. An overwhelming 82% of voters approve of a constitutional amendment that will place term limits on members of Congress.”
Blumel concluded, “America is in trouble. Our career politicians have let the people down. It is time to return control of our nation to the people. It is time for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms.”
The term limits amendment resolutions would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
Congressional term limits is the one bipartisan issue supported by both President Trump and former President Obama.
View Henderson’s signed pledge here.
View Severson’s signed pledge here.
View Askar’s signed pledge here.
View Figlesthaler’s signed pledge here.
View Donalds’s signed pledge here.
View Fitzenhagen’s signed pledge here.
View O’Connell’s signed pledge here.
View Eagle’s signed pledge here.
View Rooney’s signed pledge here.
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U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country. We connect term limits supporters with their legislators and work to pass term limits on all elected officials, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Find out more at termlimits.org.
