Sentences with phrase «congressional term limits»

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almost all Tea Party activists are united in the demands for a smaller federal government, lower taxes, Congressional term limits, and a balanced budget.

A constitutional amendment ever happening to address congressional term limits is very unlikely.

I do not yet know what all of Levin's proposed Liberty Amendments are — apparently, there is a new crack at Congressional term limits, which I am iffy about, an amendment for Supreme Court decisions to be expunged by 60 % of Congress or the States, which I am very iffy about, one providing Supreme Court term limits, which I am cool with, one requiring bureaucracy - ordered rule - changes to be subject to Congressional approval when they affect the economy by a certain amount, which I am also.

With President Trump and Rep. Mark Meadows (R - NC) voicing support for Congressional term limits it is important to remember that enacting artificial limits plays into the hands of gun control proponents.

Not exact matches

Exactly 20 years ago, just as Cisco's John Chambers took the reins as CEO, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected term limits for Congressional leaders, wiping off the books laws in 23 states limiting the terms of office for U.S. legislators.

That advocacy was the hallmark of Frank Wolf's lengthy congressional career, which, like my old friend Henry Hyde's, is a powerful argument against term limits.

Just as term limits have the perverse effect of giving power to the lobby (if members are term - limited, lobbyists and a handful of long - term staff become the only institutional memory), cutting Congressional budgets will in practice create even more distance between Congressmembers and the people they represent.

There are currently no term limits for Congressional terms but various states and cities have enacted term limits for their elected officials at the local level.

As noted, the state provision does not just «instruct» each member of Missouri's congressional delegation to promote in certain ways the passage of the specified term limits amendment.

Carroll, who will be term - limited out of her state Senate seat, had been considering a bid this spring and had met with both the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and EMILY's List in May.

The Kinderhook Republican, who faces a wide field of Democratic contenders itching to limit his career on Capitol Hill to one term, says he believes SNAP — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program as food stamps are now called — is «an essential program for many families» in New York, including his 19th Congressional District in the Hudson Valley and Catskills.

The logic of US term limits is similar (though in this case Congress were not worried so much about obviously dangerous ideas just about ideas that a popular president could enact despite congressional opposition).

Turnout was lowest in the 7th Congressional District, where incumbent Nydia Velázquez easily swept to victory over term - limited City Councilman Erik Dilan in the district spanning Manhattan's Lower East Side, Brooklyn's Sunset Park, Williamsburg, Carroll Gardens, Bushwick and parts of Queens.

In today's Congressional Corner Alan Chartock speaks with New York Congressman Chris Gibson about his self - imposed term limit and potential future plans.

The New York People's Convention, a group funded heavily by Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman and promoter over the years of everything from improving how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn to term limits, has raised — and spent — $ 251,000 on a Proposal 1 yes effort.

There was no mention of domestic limits on the gases, which remains the prime short - term goal of Democratic candidates for president and congressional leaders.