For immediate release
December 19, 2017
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
stillman@termlimits.org
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for officials, today praised Tennessee U.S. House candidate (District 7), Justin Kanew, for signing its congressional term limits pledge. Current State Senator, Mark Green, also a candidate in the race for the District 7 seat, was the first to sign the pledge. The District 7 seat is currently held by Rep. Marsha Blackburn who is running to replace Bob Corker as U.S. Senator.
Green previously signed USTL’s Article V Term Limits Convention pledge in his role as state lawmaker, committing to support Tennessee’s state application for an Article V amendment proposal convention for the sole purpose of proposing term limits on Congress.
In November of 2017, U.S. Term Limits had more than 50 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on the pledges, saying, “This 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 USTL Amendment pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress I will co-sponsor 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 (R-TX) and the House of Representatives by Representative Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
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 congressional term limits. Both Kanew and Green know this and they are 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 The poll showed 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.”
Blumel concluded, “America is in trouble. Our career politicians have let the people down. It is time to limit their terms and return control of our nation to the people. It is time for a constitutional amendment limiting congressional terms.”
The term limits amendment bills 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.
View ‘s Kanew’s signed pledge here.
View Green’s signed pledge here.
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