“Signed a written pledge committing to cosponsor and vote for a U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment limiting members of Congress to three House terms and two Senate terms.”
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Independently verified. (1) Pledge: U.S. Term Limits confirms Rand Paul signed the pledge on Nov 6, 2019, committing to 'cosponsor and vote for the U.S. Term Limits amendment of three (3) House terms and two (2) Senate terms.' (2) Sustained cosponsorship of the EXACT amendment (Senators to two six-year terms, House members to three two-year terms) is confirmed across multiple Congresses by PRIMARY U.S. Senate sources: BillTrack50 records Paul as a cosponsor of Cruz's S.J.Res.1 in the 116th Congress (2019-2020), and the Cruz and Britt Senate press releases of Jan 13, 2025 list Paul among the cosponsors of the reintroduced 119th Congress amendment, noting Cruz has reintroduced it in 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025 with Paul as a repeat cosponsor. He is a cosponsor rather than the lead sponsor (Cruz/Britt lead), which is the only reason this falls short of clearer leadership; but the promise itself was to 'cosponsor and vote for,' and he fulfilled the cosponsor commitment repeatedly across Congresses plus long-standing public advocacy on the issue -- well beyond a single supporting vote. The amendment has never received a floor vote and is unenacted, so the 'vote for' component has had no genuine opportunity and FULL is not reached. Adversarial cross-party check: an identical record (signed pledge + repeated multi-Congress cosponsorship of the exact amendment + vocal advocacy) would warrant the same CHAMPIONED label for either party. Note: the prior rating's citation of the 118th S.J.Res.2 cosponsorship could not be fetched directly (congress.gov 403s), so I substituted the independently verified Cruz/Britt/BillTrack50 primary evidence, which establishes the same sustained-cosponsorship pattern.
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