For immediate release
Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits
Phone: (321) 345-7455
Strong Support for Term Limits on Congress in Pennsylvania CD-12 Race
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Pennsylvania CD-12 candidates Dr. Davis Haire and State Rep. Jeff Wheeland for signing its congressional term limits pledge. The CD-12 seat was vacated by Rep. Tom Marino who resigned earlier this year. There will be no primary as the political parties will be nominating their own candidates by March 2nd. The general election is scheduled for May 21, 2019.
Currently, U.S. Term Limits has nearly 70 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on Haire’s and Wheeland’s pledges saying, “Strong support for term limits in this race 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 House of Representatives by Representative Francis Rooney (HJR20).
Blumel noted, “We have seen a dramatic increase in those 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. Haire and Wheeland know this and is willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”
According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, conducted in January 2018, 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 Haire’s signed pledge here.
View Wheeland’s signed pledge here.
###
______________________
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 at all levels of government, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Find out more at termlimits.org.
