GrassRoots: Target Twenty

10/07/2024

30 days to change the country:

Vote against all long term incumbents.

10/20/2023

This is why there are no term limits on Congressional members:

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CRPT-104srpt158/html/CRPT-104srpt158.htm #:~:text=Section%2Dby%2DSection%20Analysis%20Section,in%20the%20House%20of%20Representatives.

10/19/2023

Classic Pot calling the Kettle black:
Some in Congress propose term limits for Supreme Court Justices.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4265176-democratic-senators-introduce-bill-establishing-supreme-court-term-limits/

Reason cited: erosion of confidence in the Court (recent poll - 41% job approval of Court)

Recent (Aug. 23) job approval of Congress? 17%

Who needs term limits the most? Congress or the Court?

A group of Democratic senators introduced a bill Thursday that would radically change the makeup of the Supreme Court, amid ongoing concerns over court ethics and its increasingly conservative make…

05/20/2023

05/04/2023

Approval rating of Congress: 20%
https://www.statista.com/statistics/207579/public-approval-rating-of-the-us-congress/ #:~:text=The%20most%20recent%20polling%20data,high%2Dpoint%20reached%20in%20September.

Approval rating of the Supreme Court: 44%
https://law.marquette.edu/poll/2023/03/28/new-marquette-law-school-poll-national-survey-finds-continued-general-trend-of-lower-public-approval-of-work-of-u-s-supreme-court/

Obviously, Congress doesn't need to regulate the Supreme Court as much as IT NEEDS TO FIX ITSELF!

VOTE OUT FIXTURES IN CONGRESS...
THEY ARE NOT FIXING THEIR OWN RATING!

Congressional approval in the United States remains relatively low throughout 2022, with an annual high in September 2022.

11/30/2022

A few lost but mostly two more years of the same old "stagnation"*...(some lost to other incumbents due to Congressional redistricting.)

House incumbents who lost Nov. 8:

Cindy Axne (D-IA)
Steve Chabot (R-OH)
Mayra Flores (R-TX)
Yvette Herrell (R-NM)
Al Lawson (D-FL)
Elaine Luria (D-VA)
Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY)
Tom Malinowski (D-NJ)
Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ)

Incumbents not on the Nov. Ballot:

Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA)
Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA)
Madison Cawthorn (R-NC)
Liz Cheney (R-WY)
Rodney Davis (R-IL)
Bob Gibbs (R-OH)
Mondaire Jones (D-NY)
Andy Levin (D-MI)
Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
David McKinley (R-WV)
Peter Meijer (R-MI)
Marie Newman (D-IL)
Steven Palazzo (R-MS)
Tom Rice (R-SC)
Kurt Schrader (D-OR)
Van Taylor (R-TX)

[The term "congressional stagnation" originates from the theory that Congress has become stagnant through the continuous re-election of the majority of incumbents, preserving the status quo.] *

*(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_stagnation_in_the_United_States)

Congressional stagnation is an American political theory that attempts to explain the high rate of incumbency re-election to the United States House of Representatives. In recent years this rate has been well over 90 per cent, with rarely more than 5-10 incumbents losing their House seats every elec...

08/25/2022

https://conventionofstates.com/

Article V offers the only constitutional solution as big as the problem. Together, we can end federal overreach.

07/12/2022

Ever wonder why Washington never seems to be different?

Believing it will change without voting differently is like believing in unicorns.

90% of incumbants get re-elected.

07/12/2022

Ever wonder why Washington never seems to change?

Around 90% of Incumbants will be Re-elected.

Thinking it will be different without voting differently is like believing in unicorns.

07/09/2022

It is time...

All COS state and national leaders are encouraged to sign this Open Letter for national publication on Article V Day. Drafted by the Ohio Communications Team.

07/04/2022

Approval rating of Congress: 16% *

Seniority members with nearly 40 years or more who dominate Congressional activity:

Patrick Leahy - D
Chuck Grassley - R
Ed Markey - D
Richard Shelby - R
Ron Widen - D
Chuck Shumer - D
Hal Rogers - R
Chris Smith - R
Steny Hoyer - D
Dick Durbin - D
Marcy Kaptur - D

If they are from your State, changing Washington starts with YOU!

VOTE THEM OUT!

*(https://news.gallup.com/poll/1600/congress-public.aspx)

06/16/2022

Isn't it time to say "Good-bye"
to all the life term incumbants in Congress?