What
happened?
Our trust in our elected officials has been on the decline since Lyndon Johnson was president.
During his Presidency nearly 70% of Americans trusted government. The Vietnam
war, secret bombings in Cambodia, Nixon and the Watergate Scandal brought that
number down. There were slight upticks in "The Trust" during the H.W Bush
administration, a little war to boost the American Spirit with noble rhetoric
from our politicians. Clinton brought the Whitewater scandal and marital indescretions to the Whitehouse which brought the trust factor down. We had another uptick during
George W. Bush's Presidency following the 911 Attack and subsequent invasion of
Iraq and Afghanistan. Nothing like a little mayhem to distract the populace. No
weapons of mass destruction were ever found and we have somehow found a way of
making an even worse enemy out of the people we went there to save in Iraq.
The
thing is, we can be rid of a bad President and even if we can't get him
impeached he's gone in a maximum of 8 years. Unfortunately that's not the case
with our Congressman and Senators. I have heard a lot of people say they want
term limits, BUT, they say "Congress will never pass legislation that limits
their ability to remain in office!!" Well here is a news update.
- Two-thirds of state legislatures (34) must pass bills applying for a convention to consider only amendments for congressional term limits.
- Congress is compelled by law to call the convention, which includes delegates chosen solely by their respective states.
- The convention reports out an amendment for congressional term limits.
- The amendment must be ratified by either three-quarters (38) of state legislatures or state conventions.
Click on TAKE ACTION and let your State Legislators know that you want them to support term limits now!