Trump calls for end to GOP committee chair term limits
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}President Trump called for an end to term limits for congressional Republican committee chairs on Monday, a move possibly prompted by a wave of GOP retirements.
“House Republicans should allow Chairs of Committees to remain for longer than 6 years. It forces great people, and real leaders, to leave after serving,” Trump tweeted. “The Dems have unlimited terms. While that has its own problems, it is a better way to go. Fewer people, in the end, will leave!”
More than a dozen Republican lawmakers have announced intentions not to seek reelection next year, opening up a slew of races that Democrats hope to capitalize on to extend their majority in the House.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The six-year limit for GOP committee chairs was created in 1994 as a way to bring in fresh leadership into the party's top ranks, USA Today reported.
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Former House Agriculture Committee Chairman Mike Conaway, R-Texas., and former House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop, R-Utah., -- now ranking members in their respective committees -- announced in July they would not seek reelection.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The paper reported Trump has supported electoral term limits. In 2018, he tweeted that he was giving lawmakers "my full support and endorsement" on the matter.