Malvern Daily Record

Candidate in AR U.S Senate race supports congress term limits

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the non- partisan national movement to limit terms for elected officials, praises 2022 U. S. senate candidate for Arkansas, Heath Loftis, for signing the pledge for an amendment to term limit Congress. Previously candidates Jan Morgan, Natalie James, Jake Bequette and Michael Deel also signed the pledge.

U. S. Term Limits has the support of more than 90 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 and his colleagues ( SJR3) and the U. S. House by Representa­tive Ralph Norman ( HJR12).

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 the latest nationwide poll on term limits conducted by Scott Rasmussen, term limits enjoy wide bipartisan support. Rasmussen’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.

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