{"id":2271775,"date":"2024-06-19T16:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-presses-campaign-against-term-limits-for-future-gop-leadership\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T20:19:05","slug":"mcconnell-presses-campaign-against-term-limits-for-future-gop-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-presses-campaign-against-term-limits-for-future-gop-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"McConnell campaigns against term limits for future GOP leaders"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmcconnell-presses-campaign-against-term-limits-for-future-gop-leadership%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=2271775&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>Senate\u200c Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is advising his \u200bfellow Republican senators against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-dems-block-gop-measure-to-prevent-expansion-of-the-supreme-court\/\" title=\"House Dems Block GOP Measure To Prevent Expansion Of The Supreme Court\">imposing term limits<\/a> on Senate\u200d leadership. During his tenure, which\u2062 spans 18 years as\u200b the Senate GOP\u2063 leader, McConnell has become the \u2063longest-serving\u2062 Senate party leader in \u200chistory. He argues that term limits could disadvantage the Senate compared to \u200bthe House of Representatives, where the Speaker has no term limits. Other\u200c leadership roles \u2062and committee \u2062positions in the Republican Senate already\u200c have six<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rick-scott-on-11-point-plan-with-128-promises-from-republicans-we-win-elections-by-having-plans\/\" title=\"Exclusive \u2014 Rick Scott on 11-Point Plan with 128 Promises from Republicans: \u2018We Win Elections by Having Plans\u2019\">-year term limits<\/a>.\u2062 McConnell, who announced he will step down \u200dfrom \u2062his \u200cleadership role but remain \u2062in the Senate, emphasized that term limits could also impede effective fundraising efforts necessary for Republican electoral successes.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\">Mitch McConnell (R-KY)<\/a> is insisting to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"conference\">conference<\/a> that imposing term limits on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\">Senate<\/a> leadership is a bad idea, according to sources familiar with a recent closed-door GOP lunch.<\/p>\n<p>The Kentucky Republican, who has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2893966\/four-most-defining-moments-mitch-mcconnells-time-senate-leader\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"served 18 years\">served 18 years<\/a> as Senate GOP leader, is attempting to preserve how leadership operates as he is set to step down from the position and as his possible successors consider making major changes to the direction of the conference.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to his fellow Republican senators on Tuesday, McConnell suggested that implementing term limits could put the Senate at a disadvantage to the House, where the speaker does not have a term limit, according to those familiar.<\/p>\n<p>Other positions within Senate Republican leadership have six-year term limits. Senate Republican chairmen and ranking committee members are also limited to six years or three full Congresses in each position.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell surpassed late Sen. Mike Mansfield as the longest-serving Senate party leader in history in January 2023. The Republican leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2893835\/mitch-mcconnell-resigning-as-senate-gop-leader-in-november\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>announced<\/a> this year that he would vacate his post but would serve out the remainder of his term in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<p>He also made the argument that setting term limits could hinder a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pence-joins-conservative-youth-organization-as-presidential-scholar-will-launch-podcast\/\" title=\"Pence Joins Conservative Youth Organization As Presidential Scholar, Will Launch Podcast\">future leader<\/a> from building the strong fundraising needed to elect Republicans and take back the majority, pointing to the Senate Leadership Fund, a super PAC aligned with the Senate leader that has been able to raise cash.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/punchbowl.news\/article\/senate\/mcconnell-senate-gop-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>comments<\/a> aren\u2019t new. He made the case in early March that it is \u201ctotally inappropriate\u201d for there to be term limits on the Senate GOP leader, speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have term limits \u2014 they\u2019re called elections,\u201d he said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Sens. Rick Scott (R-FL) and John Cornyn (R-TX), who are both running to be the next Senate GOP leader, have endorsed the idea of term limits. Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) has not gone as far, only advocating some changes that could give senators more opportunities to get involved in legislation, such as allowing a more robust amendment process.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn, who stepped down from his position as Senate Republican whip at the end of 2018, made the case for instituting term limits in a post on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1765177849378427087\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>X<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1765177849378427087\"> <\/a>in early March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne 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,\u201d wrote Cornyn, 72.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will support a conference vote to change the rules and institute term limits for the Republican Leader,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McConnell\u2019s comments to the conference come as the race among various leadership candidates is well underway.<\/p>\n<p>Differences in philosophy are on full display as Senate Republicans grapple with a clear divide between their old guard and the more conservative and populist Trump allies. The fractures between the two sides were also on display in previous votes on aid to Ukraine and immigration.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) argues against term limits for Senate leadership during a GOP lunch, sources say. 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