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The effort to repeal the CCA through initiative was one of six ballot efforts spearheaded by Let's Go Washington in 2023. [1] I-2117 collected a total of 466,072 signatures on the way to certification and introduction to the state legislature during their 2024 legislative session. [4]
The amendment was a response to the four-term presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, which amplified longstanding debates over term limits.. The Twenty-second Amendment was a reaction to Franklin D. Roosevelt's election to an unprecedented four terms as president, but presidential term limits had long been debated in American politics.
Backers of the NO on 2117 campaign claimed the initiative had the potential to reduce state revenue by $3.9 billion through 2029 and would eliminate investments in public transit, pedestrian ...
Oct. 10—If it passes in November, Initiative 2117 will repeal Washington state's landmark environmental law, the Climate Commitment Act. On Thursday, the initiative sponsor and the author of the ...
At the 2024 meeting of the North American Carbon World, Director of the Washington State Department of Ecology, Laura Watson, suggested that the result of the reason for the sudden drop in settlement price for carbon allowances in the first auction of the year was a result of the initiative getting on the ballot. [5] [6]
FDR’s four terms in office helped inspire the 22nd Amendment in the first place.. The amendment, ratified in 1951, came after Roosevelt had been elected four consecutive times, from 1932 to 1944.
A repeal of the Twenty-second Amendment would eliminate term limits for presidents. Presidents Harry S. Truman, [24] Ronald Reagan, [25] Bill Clinton, [26] and Donald Trump [27] all expressed support for some sort of repeal. The first efforts in Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment were undertaken in 1956, only five years after its ratification.
Since George Washington had stepped down at the end of his second term, no president had sought a third term, much less a fourth. ... The 22nd Amendment does not bar a term-limited president from ...