I pledge that as a member of Congress, I will cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms and no longer limit.
Cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment that would limit House members to three terms and Senators to two terms.
Occurrences
Evidence
Congress.gov shows H.J.Res.12 was introduced in the House on 2025-01-06 and referred to the House Judiciary Committee. The bill summary says it would amend the Constitution to limit House members to three terms and Senators to two terms. The actions list shows no floor vote or passage.
Congress.gov's cosponsor list includes Rep. Elijah Crane [R-AZ-2] as a cosponsor on 2025-03-10 for H.J.Res.12.
The bill summary on Congress.gov states the proposal would limit House members to three terms and Senators to two terms, matching the substance of the promise.
Rep. Crane, Elijah [R-AZ-2]* 03/10/2025
Latest Action: House - 01/06/2025 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. This bill has the status Introduced.
Assessments
The promise had two parts: cosponsor the congressional term-limits amendment and vote for it. Evidence shows Elijah Crane cosponsored H.J.Res.12 on March 10, 2025, which matches the substance of the pledge, but the measure only reached introduction and committee referral and never received a House floor vote. Because he completed the cosponsorship component but could not complete the voting component, the promise is best scored as partial rather than delivered. The qualifying action occurred after the first term won in the 2022 cycle, so the timing is later_term.
Crane fulfilled the cosponsor component by joining H.J.Res.12, the U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment limiting House members to three terms and Senators to two terms, on March 10, 2025. However, the resolution was only introduced and referred to committee, with no House floor vote or passage, so he did not fulfill the promised vote component. Because the action occurred in the 119th Congress after the first term won from the 2022 campaign, timing is later_term.