Ryan Says He Still Believes in House Term Limits

Republican candidate Paul Ryan says he still believes in Congressional term limits, even as he’s running for both re-election to the House this fall, and for Vice President.

At Rep. Ryan’s town hall meeting in Waukesha Monday, a man in the audience asked if Ryan backs term limits for members of Congress. Specifically no more than six two year terms for the House of Representatives. Ryan, who’s in his seventh term, said he once co-sponsored a term limit measure, “I’ve always been a fan of term limits.”

Ryan notes it would take a constitutional amendment to set up Congressional term limits. If Ryan and Mitt Romney win the race for the White House next month, Ryan plans to resign his house seat, if he’s also defeated his House contest opponent, Democrat Rob Zerban. Zerban says he also backs limiting House members to 12 years in office. Zerban says Ryan, now in his 14th year in Congress may be inconsistent between what he says and does.

Zerban is a former county supervisor in Kenosha. He says if Ryan wins either of his political contests this fall, Ryan ought to more actively promote the term limit plan.