Sponsors (29)
Introduced February 27, 2025 by Daniel Goldman · Last progress February 27, 2025
The resolution records and publicizes statements suggesting a President might seek to extend tenure, increasing public scrutiny and debate over democratic norms but risking greater political polarization and consuming attention without delivering policy changes.
No provisions in this resolution produce direct benefits to Americans; the text mainly records and republishes statements for public record.
Voters and the general public: documenting and publicizing repeated statements suggesting a President might seek to extend tenure can heighten public concern and uncertainty about democratic norms and election integrity.
All Americans (taxpayers and civic actors): including extensive quotations and a chronology can amplify partisan polarization and distract public debate away from substantive policy issues.
Taxpayers and policymakers: the resolution may prompt oversight, investigations, or prolonged debate about constitutional limits and tenure without producing immediate policy changes, consuming political and administrative attention.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Compiles an official record of public statements by Donald J. Trump, dated March 3, 2018 through February 20, 2025, that express or speculate about remaining in office beyond the two-term limit or otherwise changing presidential tenure. The text is a series of dated quotations and contextual findings; it does not create new legal duties, change statutes, authorize spending, or impose requirements.