Micah Bergdale, a candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in New York’s 12th district, has signed a pledge supporting an amendment to impose term limits on members of Congress. The announcement comes from U.S. Term Limits (USTL), an organization that advocates for limiting the number of terms elected officials can serve.
Laura Dunn, another candidate, previously signed the same pledge. USTL reports that more than 150 current members of Congress have also pledged their support for congressional term limits.
Philip Blumel, president of U.S. Term Limits, commented on the recent pledges: “Micah’s and Laura’s 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 pledge asks candidates to commit to supporting a constitutional amendment limiting members of the House to three two-year terms and Senators to two six-year terms.
Blumel added, “We have seen a dramatic increase in supporters wanting term limits on Congress. More than 87% 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.”
A recent nationwide survey by Pew Research found broad bipartisan backing for congressional term limits. According to Pew’s analysis, “An overwhelming majority of adults (87%) favor limiting the number of terms that members of Congress are allowed to serve. This includes a majority 56% who strongly favor this proposal, just 12% are opposed.”
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.”
For such an amendment to become law, it would require approval by two-thirds majorities in both chambers of Congress and ratification by 38 states.
U.S. Term Limits describes itself as the largest nonpartisan nonprofit organization focused exclusively on advocating for term limits at the federal level.
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