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Senator DeMint
While it is not very likely that any congressional action proposing a Constitutional Amendment for term limits will ever see the light of day, it is being discussed by South Carolinas Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC). The argument put forth makes a lot of sense, and a weary voting public is solidly behind the action, but the professional politician class will argue that the public needs their experience. The reasoning is the same put forth by Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT) in 1995.
The first Bonded Candidate Will Breazeale reported from his trip to the west that a well know Republican offered support; only to get hung up on his term limit pledge. After hearing her opposition Will asked quietly that if the pledge is the difference between winning or losing to a long term incumbent spender that he was proud to take the pledge.
Read the article and then read Sal.
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Posted by Bobby Eberle
In an age where politicians head to Washington as "citizen legislators" only to become transformed into career Beltway insiders, one candidate is putting his money where his mouth is regarding term limits.
J. C. Watts
In 2001, I was riding high. I had spent seven years in the U.S. House of Representatives, and had won my most recent re-election with 65.7 percent of the vote. Thoughts of becoming speaker of the House were dancing in my head. Speaker of the House -- third in line for the presidency, private jets, limousines, motorcades -- and all paid for by the U.S. taxpayer. The ultimate high
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Go to Carolina Journal 10_23_09
Even though the election is over a year away, Airline Pilot Will Breazeale is determined to put his country ahead of his own interests. Running on a platform that includes the Fair Tax, Term Limits, Earmark Reform and other common sense solutions for the political system, the Candidate threw his hat into the ring at an impressive announcement and signing ceremony held in the New Hanover County Government Center in Wilmington.
The Candidate is running against Congressman Mike McIntyre in North Carolina District 7 for the second time. "Last time I got off the plane from Iraq and signed up to run," he remembers, "and I did not know the first thing about running a campaign." He went on to say the McIntyre who was elected as a Conservative Blue Dog Democrat sees nothing wrong with the earmark process. He observed that a large symbolic check made out to a local community for a new municipal building was signed by Mike McIntyre. "That's not his money, said Breazeale, "it belongs to the taxpayers from around the nation." "Those folks ought to go out in their own community and raise the money for the building," he concluded.
The crowd was dotted with attendees wearing "Fair Tax" tee shirts who responded with enthusiastic applause when Breazeale spoke about unrestrained spending by Congress. "The only person who can spend more than the proverbial drunken sailor is a sober politician," he said to cheers.
John Skvarla, Chairman of the Board of Alliance for Bonded Term Limits, spoke briefly about the mission of his organization and then introduced Breazeale after declaring that this is truly historic occasion. "Some day," he remarked, "there may be a brass placque on the wall to commemorate this signing."
Breazeale, in turn, expressed his pride at being the first to "put his money where his mouth is."
A Page from Dr. Rand Paul
Republican Senator Jim Bunning of Kentucky will be stepping aside at the end of his current term in Washington, D.C. Three Republicans and two Democrats have announced their intention to run for the seat setting up what appears to be a hotly contested election campaign.
Bowling Green ophthalmologist Dr. Rand Paul, the son of 2008 presidential candidate Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, has stated his intention to run as an outsider candidate. In an interview with the Associated Press Paul said, Its about time we have someone who is an outsider and not a career politician in Washington."
The candidate has taken a position on the matter of Term Limits. You may read Dr. Pauls position as set forth on his campaigns web site.
National Conference of State Legislators
A table that represents the 15 states that currently have term limits for legislators. They are ordered by the year of term limits' impact - the first year in which incumbents who were serving when the term limits measure was passed are no longer eligible to run for re-election. At the bottom of the page is a table of states that had term limits in the past but no longer do (due to legislative or court action).
Cornell University Law School
A page from the CRS Annotated Constitution prepared by the Congressional Research Service at the Library of Congress and published electronically by Cornell University Law School.
Washingtonpost.com
Are career politicians bad for the country? Proponents of term limits think so, and 18 states have passed laws automatically forcing longtime legislators out of office - even if voters want to reelect them.
Snopes.com
There is a proposal to repeal the 22nd Amendment in order to permit Barrack Obama to serve more than two terms that is passed around on the internet. It's true and it's not the first time the legislation has been introduced.
ThisIsCommonSense.com - by Paul Jacob
Politicians do pay a price when they break a term limits pledge: No pledge breaker has ever been elected to higher office.
