Nancy Pelosi: Term Limits for Thee, but Not for Me

Nancy Pelosi: Term Limits for Thee, but Not for Me

https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/nancy-pelosi-term-limits-for-thee-but-not-for-me/

Excerpt: House Democrats Get Busy Breaking Their Campaign Promises In November 2002, after Democrats had failed to make gains in midterm elections, Dick Gephardt stepped down as House minority leader — and prepared for an ill-fated, short-lived presidential campaign. He passed the baton to Nancy Pelosi. After a bit more than 16 years of leading her party in the House — as minority leader and then as speaker again and then minority leader again and now, soon to be speaker again — she says it’s time for term limits! Rep. Nancy Pelosi all but ensured Wednesday that she will become House speaker next month, quelling a revolt by disgruntled younger Democrats by agreeing to limit her tenure to no more than four additional years in the chamber’s top post. On Wednesday, she gave in to her opponents’ demands that she limit her service. Under the deal, House Democrats will vote by Feb. 15 to change party rules to limit their top three leaders to no more than four two-year terms, including time they’ve already spent in those jobs. Everyone after her will be limited to eight years in leadership slots . . . but only after she has served two decades at the top.