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Fully KeptGovernment Reform / Term Limits

Budd pledged that as a member of Congress he will cosponsor and vote for a U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment limiting House members to three terms and Senators to two terms.

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Fully KeptFact-checker reviewConfidence: 85%

Both cited sources are reachable and independently document that Budd cosponsored a U.S. Term Limits constitutional amendment matching the pledge's exact terms (House members three terms, Senators two terms). His official Senate release (2025-01-09), titled verbatim "Budd Sponsors Term Limits Constitutional Amendment," states House members would be limited to three terms and Senators to two terms in the 119th Congress. Carolina Journal independently confirms he co-sponsored the joint resolution — House three terms/six years, Senate two terms/12 years — joining 14 other Republican senators. The actionable "cosponsor" half of the pledge is fully performed on the exact-terms amendment; the "vote for" half has had no floor-vote opportunity (no failure, merely no trigger), so cosponsorship is the strongest action within his control and it was completed. No evidence of any action against term limits. FULL is justified and not overstated; he is a cosponsor (not lead sponsor), so not CHAMPIONED.

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