Sen. Robby Mills pledges to support congressional term limits

HENDERSON, Ky. (WEHT) – Officials say U.S. Term Limits (USTL), the “leader” in the national, non-partisan movement to limit terms for elected officials, is gathering support from state lawmakers across the nation, and now it has Senator Robby Mills’ support.

USTL says its mission is to get 34 states to apply for an amendment proposal convention specific to term limits on Congress. Sen. Mills has committed support for term limits on Congress by signing the term limits convention pledge.

USTL President, Philip Blumel, commented on Mills’s pledge saying, “Robby’s strong support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to listen to the majority of voters who want term limits. America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”

USTL says in the 1995 case, Thornton v. U.S. Term Limits, the Supreme Court of the United States opined that only a Constitutional Amendment could limit the terms of U.S. Senators and House Representatives. According to Nick Tomboulides, Chief Executive Officer of USTL, the best chance of imposing term limits on Congress is through an Article V Proposal Convention of state legislatures.

“The Constitution allows for amendments to be proposed by either 2/3 of Congress or 2/3 of the states. While we’d like for Congress to take the high road and propose term limits on itself, we know they are too self-interested to do that without external pressure.” said Tomboulides. “That is why it is important to get buy-in from state legislators,” he added. Once proposed, the amendment must be ratified by 38 states. More than 87% of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through a congressional term limits amendment. Robby knows this and is willing to work to make sure we reach our goal.”

The signed pledge is below.

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