Derrick Van Orden supports term limits on all legislators.

Derrick Van Orden · Wisconsin · Republican

policy impact 0.49 specificity 0.50 extraction confidence 88%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Derrick supports term limits on all legislators, ensuring that being elected to Congress remains an act of public service, not a way to enrich one’s self.

Expressed support for legislative term limits.

Issues | Derrick Van Orden for Congress
campaign · campaign_site · model gpt-5.4-mini

Evidence

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By Mr. VAN ORDEN: H.J. Res. 20. A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Van Orden introduced a joint resolution to impose consecutive-term limits on members of Congress, which is direct evidence that he supports congressional term limits.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, January 12, 2023
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

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The campaign issues page says: "Derrick supports term limits on all legislators" under a Term Limits heading.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): A currently crawled campaign issues page states the exact position in the claim: Van Orden supports term limits on all legislators.

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Issues | Derrick Van Orden for Congress
campaign · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%

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GovInfo lists H.J. Res. 20, introduced in the 118th Congress, with Van Orden submitting a joint resolution on consecutive term limits for Members of Congress.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official bill metadata shows Van Orden took concrete legislative action in his first House term by introducing a constitutional amendment to impose congressional term limits, though the bill applied to Congress rather than every legislature.

partial same_term A for effort

H.J. Res. 20 (IH) - Proposing an amendment to limit consecutive congressional terms
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promise was framed as a support position, not a guarantee that term limits would be enacted. In his first House term, Van Orden introduced H.J. Res. 20 to amend the Constitution to limit consecutive terms for Members of Congress, which is a concrete federal legislative action consistent with supporting term limits for legislators in the office context. The measure did not pass, but passage was not the promised outcome.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Van Orden publicly introduced a constitutional amendment to impose consecutive-term limits on Members of Congress, which is direct evidence that he supports congressional term limits and materially advanced the idea during his current term. In federal office context, that is sufficient to count the promise as delivered for support of term limits, though the action targeted Congress rather than every possible legislature.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 90%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Van Orden materially acted on the promise during his House term by introducing H.J. Res. 20 on January 12, 2023, a constitutional amendment to limit consecutive terms for Members of Congress. Because the claim is framed as support for term limits rather than a promise to secure final enactment, sponsorship of directly aligned federal legislation is sufficient to count as delivered in the same term. The measure did not become law, so the effort badge is warranted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%