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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 â including Reps. Rebecca Alexander, R-Jonesborough, and Tim Hicks, R-Gray â voted in favor of the resolution, which must be approved by 34 state legislatures before a convention can be called on a constitutional amendment to limit terms for members of Congress.
Specifically, the resolution is âto make application to the Congress of the United States pursuant to Article V of the United States Constitution to call a convention for proposing amendments to set a limit on the number of terms to which a person may be elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms to which
Published April 11. 2021 12:01AM
Cynthia Richie Terrell and Kaycie Goral
The United States is facing a growing representation crisis. While our population continues to grow, the number of elected officials representing us at the highest levels of government has not changed in more than a century. As a result, our Congress has among the most disproportionate representation ratios of any legislature in the world.
The constituency of the average representative will be 760,000 after the upcoming redrawing of House district lines, and at the current rate of population growth that number will be 1 million by 2050. These enormous numbers compound the feelings of inadequate representation that already permeate our democracy.
Florida Republican says he won t resign over false sex allegations
In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., gives his opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Published April 06. 2021 12:17AM
By ALAN FRAM
WASHINGTON (AP) Rep. Matt Gaetz said Monday he will not leave Congress and denied that he “slept with” an underage girl, suggesting that accusations against him stem from political foes angry that he “loathes the swamp.”
Mayorkas defends Biden s border policies amid surge of migrant children By Nicole Sganga, Stefan Becket
Updated on: March 17, 2021 / 7:16 PM / CBS News DHS chief declines to call border situation a crisis
Washington Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday defended the Biden administration s handling of the surge of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, telling lawmakers that the government is working to expand its capacity to handle the influx of minors.
Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee in his first hearing as the head of overseeing the sprawling Department of Homeland Security, which is charged with managing some of the nation s most urgent challenges.