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Sen. Ted Cruz reintroduces constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress


Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz was joined by a handful of GOP colleagues on Monday in reintroducing a constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of Congress. Cruz tweeted out the text of the resolution filed by himself along with Sens. Mike Braun (Ind.), Marco Rubio (Fla.), Rick Scott (Fla.), Pat Toomey (Pa.) and Todd Young (Ind.), explaining that “the amendment would limit U.S. senators to two six-year terms and members of the U.S. House of Representatives to three two-year terms.”

Cruz’s office also provided background on the senator’s previous efforts to put term limits in place for federal lawmakers, noting that:

  • In 2016, Sen. Cruz and former Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) published an op-ed in the Washington Post announcing their intention to introduce a term limits amendment.
  • In 2017, Sen. Cruz first introduced a constitutional amendment mandating term limits in the 115th Congress.
  • In 2019, Sen. Cruz led a hearing as chairman of the Senate Judiciary’s Subcommittee on The Constitution, titled, ‘Keeping Congress Accountable: Term Limits in the United States.’ The hearing examined the use of term limits as an avenue to break the cycle of career politicians and encourage accountability in Congress.
  • In 2019, Sen. Cruz and former Rep. Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) introduced an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress in the 116th Congress.

Also in 2019, the conservative Cruz even gave a nod to far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) when she called for making it illegal for members of Congress to become lobbyists after leaving office.

“Here’s something I don’t say often: on this point, I AGREE with @AOC,” Cruz wrote in reply to one of the congresswoman’s tweets. “Indeed, I have long called for a LIFETIME BAN on former Members of Congress becoming lobbyists. The Swamp would hate it, but perhaps a chance for some bipartisan cooperation?”

Esquire political editor Jack Holmes argued at the time:

If you impose term limits, particularly without a lobbying ban, you’re actually shifting the incentives for congress people in a bad way: since they’re only going to be around for a limited time, they’d better make career plans for afterwards. Like, say, securing a lobbying gig. That’s going to lead to poor performance while they’re in office, particularly for anyone living in their district who can’t afford a big-money campaign donation.

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Ukrainian MP: Burisma Paid Joe Biden $900,000 for Lobbying Work


Posted by Steven Ahle

URL of the original posting site: https://steadfastandloyal.com/politics/ukrainian-mp-burisma-paid-joe-biden-900000-for-lobbying-work/

Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach allegedly provided documents at a press conference that shows that Burisma paid Joe Biden $900,000 for his work as a lobbyist.

If this is true, Biden is finished and Elizabeth Warren will be the Democratic candidate for president, assuring President Trump of a second term. Far-left loonies do not fare well in a general election. Look no further than McGovern, Dukakis and Mondale.

Derkach also provided a trove of other documents showing payoffs from Burisma. The Biden camp has not commented yet and as far as we know, there has been no confirmation of the payment, but there is also no repudiation.

From The Gateway Pundit

Former Vice President Joe Biden was personally paid $900,000 for lobbying activities from Burisma Holdings, according to Ukrainian MP Andriy Derkach.
Derkach publicized the documents at a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency Wednesday as he said the records, “describe the mechanism of getting money by Biden Sr.”
“This was the transfer of Burisma Group’s funds for lobbying activities, as investigators believe, personally to Joe Biden through a lobbying company. Funds in the amount of $900,000 were transferred to the U.S.-based company Rosemont Seneca Partners, which according to open sources, in particular, the New York Times, is affiliated with Biden. The payment reference was payment for consultative services,” Derkach said.

Via Interfax:

At a press conference at the Interfax-Ukraine agency on Wednesday, he made public the documents received from investigative journalists, including correspondence between NABU officers and representatives of diplomatic missions of foreign states in the framework of criminal proceedings opened under Article 111 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (High Treason). In particular, the documents that the deputy possesses indicate that Uglava, through his assistant Polina Chyzh, gave information to the U.S. Embassy, which, he said, is an important part of the “puzzle” of interference in U.S. elections and international corruption.
Joe Biden’s drug addict son Hunter was sitting on the board of Burisma Holdings, a Ukrainian natural gas company and being paid by some accounts over $200,000 a month even though he had zero experience in the field.

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Sidelined in Congress, liberal groups send Obama ‘to-do’ lists


 

By Susan Ferrechio | November 10, 2014

URL of Original Posting Site: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sidelined-in-congress-liberal-groups-send-obama-to-do-lists/article/2555949

Photo - President Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House Cabinet Room in Washington, Friday, Nov. 7, 2014. From left are, National Security Adviser Susan Rice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, Secretary of Heath and Human Services Sylvia Matthews Burwell, and Obama. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Obama speaks to the media before a meeting with his cabinet members in the White House…

Dozens of liberal-leaning groups are lining up to demand President Obama take executive action on a wide range of regulations and reforms that have no chance of passing a Republican-led Congress next year.

For some groups, the lists are long and specific: A call by the Center for Progressive Reform to implement stricter smog rules, tougher food safety regulations and expanded federal oversight of streams and wetlands.

Dozens of Hispanic organizations, meanwhile, joined together a day after the election to demand in writing that Obama take executive action to legalize millions of immigrants now living in the United States.

Other groups are suddenly asking for new executive action to further raise the minimum wage and implement other workplace requirements aimed at raising the standard of living for low-wage workers.

A coalition of liberal lawmakers and advocacy groups on Monday plans to announce a “To-Do List” for Obama, which includes raising a $10.10 federal minimum wage that would be implemented in January.

“The president has two years left,” Paco Fabian, a spokesman for Good Jobs Nation, an advocacy group for low-wage federal contract workers, told the Washington Examiner. “He’s got a legacy to worry about. That could be a definite incentive for him to do this.”comment 04

More than 50 liberal groups that have sent similar post-election wish lists, hoping Obama will agree to their demands out of a desire to cement his legacy.

“We thought this is a time when people will be talking about the president’s legacy and whether he is still relevant,” Rena Steinzor, president of the Center for Progressive Reform, told the Examiner. “So, we decided now would be a good time to say, ‘Mr. President, if you want to be relevant, do this.’ ”Liberalism a mental disorder

Obama has already promised to use executive authority to deal with immigration reform and other issues, but he has not outlined his plans or when he will take action.

Steinzor’s group last week issued a report that names “13 essential regulatory actions” that the president could take before leaving office.

Steinzor said her organization’s wish list includes regulations that are within the president’s authority to implement but have garnered significant opposition from Republicans.comment 05

The list includes broader federal authority to regulate bodies of water, and a new rule to lower smog emissions. Most of the items on the list draw strong opposition from the newly minted congressional Republican majority, which believes the new regulations would kill jobs, close power plants and raise the price of energy and goods.

“It’s after the election,” Steinzor told the Examiner. “And it’s obvious that, while both parties are talking about bipartisan cooperation, the number of issues that they will really be able to cooperate on is very small.”Liberalism a mental disorder

Last week, the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda, a group of 39 Latino civil rights and advocacy organizations, wrote to Obama to urge him “to act swiftly and broadly in exercising your clear authority to provide administrative relief to the undocumented immigrant population.”Liberalism a mental disorder

The group argued in its letter that since Republicans in Congress blocked comprehensive immigration reform, Obama should unilaterally legalize the millions who would have benefited from passage of the failed legislation.

The groups have the backing of some prominent congressional Democrats, including Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who told the president in a meeting Friday that she believes he has the authority to take executive action on immigration.

Republicans leaders who attended the same meeting, however, warned him against such a move.

Liberal groups, who have accused Obama of “risk aversion” during his six years in office, say they fear he will shrink from taking executive action that would anger the GOP.

“If there is one guiding principle we would urge for the president, it’s don’t shy away from doing the right thing just because it would pick a fight with Republicans,” Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, told the Examiner. “Americans need to see a debate with Republicans in order to see what Democrats stand for.”

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