Article snippet: The group of insurgent House Democrats hoping to restructure the party’s leadership ranks is ramping up their campaign to limit the tenure of both committee chairmanships and leadership posts within the party. Rep. MORE (D-Calif.), who’s expected to become the next Speaker. He has been leading the discussions with Pelosi on proposals to cap the number of years a lawmaker could remain at the top of a committee or in the leadership structure. The positions currently have no time limits. Aides who spoke with The Hill on Monday indicated the talks are progressing, as Pelosi is scrambling to rally enough support to win back the Speaker’s gavel in the next Congress. The issue of term limits is seen as a potential strategy for winning some of her critics to her side in next month’s floor vote. An aide said Perlmutter and Pelosi “are talking regularly.” And a Democratic lawmaker familiar with the talks said there’s a growing appetite to adopt the new limits. Meanwhile, some of the insurgent Democrats held a conference call Monday morning to discuss the term limits, a source confirmed to The Hill. “It is definitely being considered, and there’s a strong push for it,” the lawmaker said. “People think it’s just the freshmen, but there have been people who have been here four, five terms who have made no upward progress in their careers.” Yet any such change would require the support of the full caucus, meaning Pelosi could not adopt such a reform unilaterally. And while the... Link to the full article to read more