{"id":2195185,"date":"2024-03-08T19:20:03","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-torn-over-term-limits\/"},"modified":"2024-03-08T19:20:03","modified_gmt":"2024-03-09T00:20:03","slug":"gop-torn-over-term-limits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-torn-over-term-limits\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Torn Over Term Limits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-torn-over-term-limits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2195185&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/taylor-tinsley\">Taylor Tinsley<\/a><br \/>3:22 PM \u2013 Friday, March 8, 2024<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans are at odds over term limits following Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell\u2019s (R-Ky.) announcement that he will not be seeking another term.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans currently have three full two-year term limits implemented for top leadership, with the exception of the party leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Amid speculation over his successor, lawmakers are debating whether they should enact term limits.<\/p>\n<p>The topic was first brought up by Senator John Cornyn (R-Tx.), who is running to replace McConnell along with Minority Whip Senator John Thune (R-S.D.).<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">One reason I am running to be the next Republican Leader is because I believe the Senate needs more engagement from all of my colleagues, and that includes the opportunity for any Member to serve in Leadership. I will support a conference vote to change the rules and institute\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1765177849378427087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>In response to the suggestion, McConnell said term limits would be \u201ctotally inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe have term limits now, they\u2019re called elections,\u201d McConnell said. \u201cI had a contest myself during my last election as leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The minority leader was referring to when Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) tried to unseat him after the 2022 midterms, where he lost in a 37-10 vote.<\/p>\n<p>This comes amid several debates on Capitol Hill and among the American public over whether lawmakers should enact congressional term limits in general.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A nationwide poll recently conducted by<em> PEW Research <\/em>showed that an overwhelming 87% of adults favored limiting term limits. 56% strongly favored the move, compared to 12% who opposed it.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) emphasized his belief that \u201cthis is what the American people want,\u201d before going on to say \u201cterm limits will also bring down the national debt.\u201d During a press conference with Senate Republicans on Wednesday, Braun said that the national debt has skyrocketed to about $35 trillion and estimated it will hit $52 trillion in nine to ten years.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cFive years ago, it was about twenty cents of that dollar that we had to borrow. Now, it\u2019s thirty cents,\u201d Braun explains.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The American people are fed up with watching their money wasted by Washington \u2014 and paying for it every day with higher prices. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ft0H5rRHaI\">pic.twitter.com\/ft0H5rRHaI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Mike Braun (@SenatorBraun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorBraun\/status\/1765519369809928278?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Other known supporters of term limits include Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) and Representative Ralph Norman (R-S.C.).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe fact that I have had the institutional memory that I\u2019ve had here has always been helpful to the national debate and certainly back home as well,\u201d said Representative Richard Neal (D-Mass.). \u201cIf you want to turn Congress over to the amateurs and the antis and the special interests, embrace term limits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! 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