Sentences with phrase «own term limits»

Robbins welcomed news that Chinese leader Xi Jinping could extend his tenure beyond the current two - term limit, explaining that «regardless of the country, stability is always good.»

Four Seasons declined to disclose information about its board's term limits, but the average U.S. board member is about 63 years old, and the average tenure is roughly 8.5 years.

The government has said lifting the term limits is about protecting the authority of the party with Xi at its centre.

Now, as for the issue of board term limits....

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.

In a 5 to 4 vote, the Court — whose justices have lifetime appointments — deflated the nationwide movements for term limits.

Last week's elections set to replace outgoing President Ernest Bai Koroma of the All People's Congress party, who had served his maximum two - term limit in office.

Freshly reelected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi may stay in power beyond his current two - term limit if his allies follow through with plans to change the constitution in his favor, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Regulators in the UK, Australia, India, Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries are imposing term limits on directors of between 9 and 10 years, beyond which independence is questioned.

Supporters of Sisi say they have been inspired by China's recent moves to abolish presidential term limits in order to keep President Xi Jinping in office indefinitely.

When the Chinese government recently amended the constitution to remove the two - term limit on presidencies, did that really mean President Xi is going to hang around for life, Mao - style?

Pretty much everyone took the move as meaning just that, but Xi has now claimed he is «personally opposed» to life - long rule, and the term - limit removal was more about aligning the post of presidency with that of top posts in the Communist Party, which Xi also holds, and which don't come with term limits.

These posts are not subject to term limits.

So the recent presidential term limit abolishment could be viewed as just another way to give the central authorities greater power and control over the economy, business and markets.

On Trump's proposal to impose term limits on Congress, McConnell said, «It will not be on the agenda in the Senate.»

«I would say we have term limits now — they're called elections.»

McConnell has been a long - standing opponent of term limits, as NPR's Susan Davis reports.

Submission to the CSA re: Request for Comments on Proposed Amendments regarding gender diversity and term limits

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.

Now they are trying to fool us again with a proposed amendment on public school board term limits and duties.

Both SoFi and LightStream also provide unsecured loans up to $ 100,000 without the term limits that Navy Federal imposes.

Always thought it would be Obama who would try and remove the two - term limit to keep himself in power.

Most of the time there is no term limit required and your credit is only limited by how much business you do.

Just last month, for example, he did away with the term limits that had bound his predecessors for decades.

Fernandez de Kirchner left office in December 2015 after completing maximum term limits, while opposition candidate Mauricio Macri, the staunchly pro-business outgoing mayor of Buenos Aires, won the presidency.

If you absolutely must withdraw the funds prior to the term limit, you'll pay a termination penalty.

Key to his platform were a flat tax, medical savings accounts, a new Social Security system for working Americans, parental choice of schools for their children, term limits and a strong national defense.

Once the CD reaches its term limit, you have a 10 - calendar - day grace period where you can withdraw the funds.

If forced to make prognostications, the two of us would predict a Party Congress that does not break any major taboos (e.g. scrapping tacit age or term limits for Politburo Standing Committee members), but one that also portrays Xi as powerful and thoroughly in command of the Party (e.g. following previous leaders in having his wisdom included in the Party's constitution).

There are no term limits, but there is an age limit.

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.

Of course, the difference between Caesar Augustus and modern presidents is that Caesar was not elected by the people, nor did he have term limits.

A Christian religious freedom campaigner has said China's parliament approving the removal of presidential term limits has paved the way for continued Christian persecution in the country that may worsen.

We need term limits for our congress (10 % approval rating as of today!)

Shannon told Premier News Hour that some of his colleagues want to advocate for that term limit.

He was all for Term Limits until he took office, then he worked to remove term limits so that he could remain the dictator of New York.

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.

Also, I assume Booker T is a Democrat, and the current mayor is also a Democrat and likely will stay in office until 2022 when he hits his term limit.

- Campaign finance - Term Limits - Recognize Google and Facebook as legitimate players in news media.

He has clearly abolished Constitutional term limits, and God knows what else with it.

We need term limits not only for the president but for all members of the Executive Committee.

He also noted the results of the other two questions — fees to use the dog parks and term limits — were somewhat predictable.

Though no state laws require term limits for park commissioners, Hurtado said he plans to discuss the possibility of the park board enacting its own policy to set term limits.

The Arlington Heights village board rejected the idea of putting a term limits question on the ballot this spring.

Plainfield Park District voters Tuesday told officials they support term limits, are against dog park permit fees and want them to look into a community center.

Hurtado, however, continued to push for the policy noting that other municipalities have term limits.

However, at the meeting Tuesday some noted that while they supported term limits for political office, they did not support them for non-partisan offices such as the park district board.

They will be asked whether the park district should issue permits for users of the district's dog parks, if park district commissioners should investigate building a community center, and if term limits should be placed on park district commissioners.

The board majority wanted to place the question about term limits on the ballot.

Some have term limits for officers.