Group campaigns for Congressional term limits

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  Scott LaMar has worked in both radio and television for more than four decades.
  
  Currently, LaMar is the Host and Executive Producer of The Spark program on WITF-FM, 89.5 & 93.3 in Harrisburg, Pa.
  
  Previously, LaMar was WITF TV’s Sr. Public Affairs producer and produced the station’s award-winning weekly public affairs TV program, Smart Talk.
  
  In addition to his on-air duties, LaMar has moderated political candidate debates, including those for candidates running for Pennsylvania governor and the U.S. Senate and was a regular contributor to BBC World News TV before and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential election.
  
  LaMar often emcees or moderates local events and has gone as far as California to emcee a national event.
  
  The American Society of Civil Engineers honored LaMar with their national Excellence in Journalism award in 2020. He has been nominated for five Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards.
  
  LaMar and The Spark have been recognized throughout the Central Pennsylvania community including ADVOZ Lancaster’s “Dignity in Dialogue Award”, the South-Central Assembly’s “Regional Citizen Award” and was named a “Humanitarian Hero” by The Humane Society of the United States/Pennsylvania.
  
  A native of Coatesville, Pa., LaMar has also worked as a broadcast news anchor, sports play-by-play announcer and manager.

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Airdate: Tuesday, February 22, 2022

The nation is polarized politically right now. Democratic President Joe Biden’s approval ratings in polls have been sinking for months. So have the approval numbers for Congress. Even in a politically divided country, Republicans, Democrats and Independents can agree on at least thing — they don’t like the job that Congress is doing and haven’t for some time.

The political divide keeps members of Congress from working together or even compromising.

But others point to a Congress that is entrenched and individual members who prioritize their re-elections over all else.

Their answer is to limit the amount of time a member can stay in Congress — term limits.

Former Republican State Senator John Eichelberger is co-Chair of U.S. Term Limits and joins us on Tuesday’s Smart Talk.

The Associated Press and WITF’s democracy reporter Jordan Wilkie are partnering to tell stories about how Pennsylvania elections work, and to debunk misinformation surrounding elections. 

Read the stories here