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South Texans For Term Limits Founder Demands Cameron County Commissioners to Immediately Adopt Term Limits News provided by Share this article Share this article BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter sent to the Cameron County Commissioners Court today,  South Texans for Term Limits founder Sara Stapleton Barrera demanded that the Commissioners Court immediately adopt term limits on their positions.  The basis for the demand is that Brownsville citizens on Saturday vot...

Jim DuPlessis’ recent announcement of plans to step aside from his position in the state House of Representatives at the conclusion of his fourth term has created a buzz in some political circles. An open legislative seat typically gives rise to speculation about political interests and aspirations around the community. While it may be weeks or months before any names are known, this is an appropriate time to remind would-be officeholders that all 100 seats in the state House will be open ...

Tennessee State Rep. Mike Sparks Honored for Term Limits Support April 27, 2021 Phone: (321) 345-7455 Tennessee State Rep. Mike Sparks Honored for Term Limits Support Nashville, TN — Tennessee’s state representative Mike Sparks (district 49) was honored with a plaque for his support of term limits on Congress. U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the nation’s oldest and largest pro-term limits group, presented the distinction to Sparks at the Tennessee capitol earlier this week. Aaron Dukette of US...

GOP Senate Candidate in Pennsylvania Says She Will Back Congressional Term Limits Kathy Barnette said she would also hold the Chinese regime accountable for human rights abuses and abetting the spread of the CCP virus Kathy Barnette, the Pennsylvania Republican who recently launched her campaign for the U.S. Senate, told The Epoch Times that she supports limiting the number of terms lawmakers can serve in Congress and committed to serving a maximum of three terms herself. “I intend to only ru...

The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a resolution last week calling for a federal constitutional convention on congressional term limits. House Joint Resolution 0008 was approved Thursday by a vote of 53-34, and now goes to the state Senate where the measure is expected to face a much tougher debate. Lawmakers from Northeast Tennessee — including Reps. Rebecca Alexander, R-Jonesborough, and Tim Hicks, R-Gray — voted in favor of the resolution, which must be approved by 34 sta...

As reported by The Guardian, the law could potentially allow Putin, 68, to remain in office until 2036. He has been the de facto political leader of Russia since 2000. The Guardian notes that should Putin stay in power until 2036, he would be the longest running leader of Russia since the Russian Empire, surpassing the tenure of dictator Joseph Stalin, who remained in power over the Soviet Union for 29 years. ADVERTISEMENT Putin would be 84 years old when he left office should he decide to r...

One of the simplest and least useful ways to understand the future is to take exactly what’s happening today and project it forward, rigidly and predictably, into tomorrow. This view is more than just a form of mental inertia; it is a breed of historical determinism, denying the forces of uncertainty and human agency that actually shape change over time. Yet this view appears to have taken hold, with stunning speed, in many assessments of the dramatic political events underway in China today....

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: The NC General Assembly has been in full swing this week, working to find solutions to some of the states most pressing problems, like school reopening and extending unemployment benefits in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The legislature also has spent the week discussing bills that do not necessarily make the headlines but are very important for those that are affected. One bill, House Bill 53: Education Changes for Military-...

1:43 The House has rejected a proposed Constitutional amendment that would have imposed term limits on the Governor and the Legislature. Under HCR 3036, a Governor would be limited to two terms, or 8 years, and a Legislator could serve four terms, or 16 years. The measure would have been retroactive. It came out of committee on a 7-6 "do not pass" recommendation. "What we did was recognize the value that we have in our long-term legislators," said Rep. Shannon Roers-Jones (R-Fargo). "We have el...

Mar 9, 2021 Sen. Ryan Weld is absolutely right that West Virginia needs to get into the business of good governance. A measure the Republican from Brooke County is sponsoring to limit the number of terms the state’s constitutional officers can hold office — Senate Joint Resolution 11 — is a solid step in that direction. The constitutional offices — secretary of state, auditor, treasurer, attorney general and agriculture — currently have no limits on the number of terms an elected repr...