February 28, 2019

For immediate release Contact: Scott Tillman, U.S. Term Limits

Email: stillman@termlimits.com

Phone: (321) 345-7455 12 Candidates in PA Race Support Term Limits on Congress

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the leader in the national movement to limit terms for elected officials, today praised Pennsylvania congressional district 12 candidates Robert Noerr and Chuck Risio for signing its pledge to term limit Congress. Recently, ten other candidates also committed their support (see links below). The CD-12 seat was vacated by Rep. Tom Marino who resigned earlier this year. There will be no primary as the political parties will be nominating their own candidates by March 2nd. The general election is scheduled for May 21, 2019.

Currently, U.S. Term Limits has nearly 70 pledge signers in Congress. USTL President Philip Blumel commented on the strong support saying, “This 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. Pennsylvania is fortunate to have so many candidates who realize this.”

The U.S. Term Limits amendment pledge is provided to every announced candidate for federal office. It reads, “I pledge that as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.” The U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment has been introduced in both the U.S. Senate by Senator Ted Cruz (SJR1) and the House of Representatives by Representative Francis Rooney (HJR20).

Blumel noted, “We have seen a dramatic increase in those wanting term limits on Congress. More than 82% 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.”

According to the last nationwide poll on term limits conducted by McLaughlin & Associates, conducted in January 2018, term limits enjoy wide bipartisan support. McLaughlin’s analysis states, “Support for term limits is broad and strong across all political, geographic and demographic groups. An overwhelming 82% of voters approve of a Constitutional Amendment that will place term limits on members of Congress.”

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.”

The term limits amendment resolutions would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.

Congressional term limits is the one bipartisan issue supported by both President Trump and former President Obama.

View Noerr’s signed pledge here.

View Risio’s signed pledge here.

View Keller’s signed pledge here.

View Derk’s signed pledge here.

View Ferrara’s signed pledge here.

View Canning’s signed pledge here.

View Montero’s signed pledge here.

View Haire’s signed pledge here.

View Wheeland’s signed pledge here.

View Timm’s signed pledge here.

View Jeffries’s signed pledge here.

View Moralez’s signed pledge here.

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U.S. Term Limits is the largest grassroots term limits advocacy group in the country. We connect term limits supporters with their legislators and work to pass term limits at all levels of government, particularly on the U.S. Congress. Find out more at termlimits.org.