Ahead of the 2026 elections, three U.S. Senate candidates from Alabama have pledged their support for a constitutional amendment that would institute term limits on members of Congress.
U.S. Term Limits, a non-partisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to advocating for term limits at all levels of government, announced Tuesday that U.S. Senate candidates—Republican Rodney Walker, Republican U.S. Representative Barry Moore, and Democrat Mark Wheeler—have all signed the group’s pledge in support of a constitutional amendment for congressional term limits. The pledge reads: “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.”
Since its founding in the early 1990s, USTL has assisted in enacting and defending term limits on state legislatures in 15 states. However, the group has thus far been unsuccessful in passing term limits on the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.
Currently, the constitutional amendment promoted by USTL is included in legislation sponsored in the Senate by U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and in the House by U.S. Representative Ralph Norman, R-South Carolina. U.S. Senator Katie Britt, R-Alabama, is one of 18 senators who have co-sponsored Cruz’s legislation, while three of Alabama’s delegates in the House have signed onto Norman’s bill—including Moore.
In addition to the bills promoted by the USTL, U.S. Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pennsylvania, and Ro Khanna, D-California, have also introduced legislation proposing an amendment to enact limits of six two-year terms for House members and two six-year terms for U.S. Senators.
According to USTL, the popularity of enacting congressional term limits is only growing, both among the broader American public and among members of Congress themselves, with over 150 members of the 119th Congress having signed onto the organization’s pledge.
“This strong support of term limits shows that there are individuals who are willing to put self-interest aside to follow the will of the people,” USTL President Philip Blumel said in a recent statement. “America needs a Congress that will be served by citizen legislators, not career politicians.”
“We have seen a dramatic increase in supporters wanting term limits on Congress,” Blumel added. “More than 87 percent of Americans have rejected the career politician model and want to replace it with citizen leadership. The way to achieve that goal is through congressional term limits.”
Any term limits amendment would require a two-thirds majority in the House and Senate, and ratification by 38 states, in order to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
