We will not let that happen.
It is time to drain the swamp in Washington, D.C.
That is why I am proposing a package of ethics reforms to make our government honest once again.
First: I am going to institute a 5-year ban on all executive branch officials lobbying the government after they leave government service.
Second: I am going to ask Congress to institute its own 5-year ban on lobbying by former members of Congress and their staffs.
Third: I am going to expand the definition of lobbyist so we close all the loopholes that former government officials use by labeling themselves consultants and advisors when we all know they are lobbyists.
Fourth: I am going to issue a lifetime ban against senior executive branch officials lobbying on behalf of a foreign government.
Fifth: I am going to ask Congress to pass a campaign finance reform that prevents registered foreign lobbyists from raising money in American elections.
The entrenched political machinery of the American oligarchy will never let it happen.
Wow.
That is an excellent list. Very good Donald.
Obama said that it is absurd to think elections could be rigged because they’re so ‘decentralized’. So evidently he’s been giving the subject a lot of thought.
Two term limits on HOR and senators
Exactly what we need.
Getting it through Congress will take extraordinary skill. If anyone can do it, that would be Trump.
Congress does not need term limits - it needs REAL Ethics. IOW - get the money OUT of Congress.
As long as they can get rich buy selling themselves to lobbyists, and are promised nice jobs afterwards - nothing will change. It will actually get WORSE!
Most of these will probably never occur, but the lifetime ban on executives lobbying on behalf of foreign governments ought to be passed. Both parties are seriously guilty of this and there ought to be actual real jail-time for anyone who violates this kind of rule.
This will get votes, even if it never happens.
You didn't propose getting rid of their Pensions and Vesting only in their 401k if they serve > 5 years.
That IMHO is a mandatory no brainer...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg-jvHynP9Y
I think, having observed the charade for the last 55+ years, maybe Frank and Ike were on to something...
"Just relax, it won't be Trump"
"The two parties need each other to survive"
"Bush voting for Clinton"
https://www.google.com/#q=Bush+voting+for+clinton
WHO ARMED ISIS?
https://www.google.com/#q=Who+armed+ISIS
For all who have been screaming Term Limits, this is what we have wanted.
Get up and vote! Don’t stay home, make a difference.
Donald Trump is an underdog now, don’t let this opportunity pass.
Bad idea , term limits...our founding fathers knew what the Byzantine empire was...term limits will truly create a permenant class of bureaucracy with zero accountability to anyone. REPEAL THE 17TH AMENDMENT FIRST!
Why does the title say he can impose term limits? He didn’t say that.
Sounds good but Presidents sign Legislation into law that Congress hands them. Unless someone in Congress brings the legislation to the floor for Consideration nothing happens and even then it must get through all sorts of roadblocks and such.
The Trump team needs to change this headline immediately before it’s used to kill him in toniite’s debate.
The president can no more impose congressional term limits than I can.
All he can do is submit a bill to Congress, where of course it will die in committee, or use the bully pulpit to pressure COngress to propose a Constitutional amendment, or urge the states to do it.
Chris Wallace will use this headline as justification that Trump has no idea what the presiden’ts poweres are, which of course will play into the Dem line that he is unqualified for the position. Or worse, Hillary will make the point with that smug smirk of hers.
I couldn`t agree more. I tweeted this to his campaign during the primaries. He chose the right time to bring this issue up.
Let’s hope he stays focused on the awesomeness he can help bring us... and avoids being pulled off track!
I’m still wondering what the scene would be had he been able to remain focused on us in 1st debate.
In any event, I have to believe that the monster vote, a Bradley effect, and media collusion to skew polls all point to a trump win! The alternative is simply unthinkable.
I`m convinced Trump can make term limits happen. We desperately need them to ensure a decent chance of honest government after his eight years are up. Even if some kind of grandfather clause for current members is included in order to get them to pass it, it would still be worth it.
I really wish that Trump had taken this stand much earlier and hit it a lot harder. It would have helped to cement his standing as an outsider change-agent.
Push for does not equal impose. Who wrote the headline? Trump is already being criticized for ignoring the constitution regarding term limits. Of course this criticism comes from the same people who have been fine with O’/s major use of executive orders.
