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Rick Santorum: Convention of States Needed for Balanced-Budget Amendment newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/san… via @newsmax #NoConCon

Santorum to #ALEC: Convene States to Amend Constitution (But Sidestep Trump) timesofsandiego.com/politics/2021/…

Conservatives prepare new push for constitutional convention thehill.com/homenews/state…
#ALEC's draft legislation calls for a balanced budget amendment and term limits; others' call for the convention to tackle limits on Congress’s ability to levy taxes, or abortion rights

Conservatives Renew Push for Constitutional Convention newsmax.com/newsfront/conv… #NoConCon #ALEC #KochNetwork

Devastating, Dangerous, Untested: NO to Article V Convention civicnebraska.org/20211215-devas… "This would shatter our state’s budget and unleash unpredictable effects on our basic right to vote" #NoConCon #Nebraska #Votingrights

The Right Is Trying to Rewrite the Constitution to Cement Minority Rule Forever exposedbycmd.org/2021/12/21/the… via @EXPOSEDbyCMD

Convention of States Action: Conservative Group Aiming To Rewrite The Constitution dailykos.com/story/2022/1/7… a constitutional convention could expand and consolidate the autocratic power of the Right

Once dead, convention of states proposal passes first-round test journalstar.com/news/state-and… The #Nebraska Legislature advanced calling for a convention to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution to second-round consideration on a 32-10 vote #NoConCon

The Radical Wrecking Crew nhgazette.com/2022/01/14/the… Republicans "are pushing an Article V Convention of States. It would have essentially unlimited power to rewrite—or throw out—the old Constitution." #NoConCon

Term limits, a balanced budget: Ohio Republicans want to amend the U.S. Consitution dispatch.com/story/news/202… House Joint Resolution 1, would submit Ohio's official application for a Convention of States #NoConCon #Ohio

Resolution calling for convention of states advances to final-round debate yorknewstimes.com/news/state-and… via @yorknewstimes Similar to resolutions adopted in 15 other states, LR14 proposes a convention of states outlined in Article V of the U.S. Constitution #Nebraska #NoConCon

Wisconsin Senate approves calling constitutional convention
apnews.com/article/busine… #NoConCon the 16th state to call for a convention of the states, 34 are required

Rick Santorum calls for convention of states to limit federal power iowacapitaldispatch.com/2022/01/25/ric… rallied with over 100 Iowans. 16 states have passed resolutions to convene a convention, including Wisconsin, which passed a resolution on Tuesday. 34 states are required. #NoConCon #Iowa

#Wisconsin Legislature Passes Resolution Calling For Article V Convention Of States thefederalist.com/2022/01/26/wis… Passed by the Wisconsin Assembly last year, the resolution was approved by the Senate in a 17-16 vote, with four Republicans joining all Democrats in opposition #NoConCon

Convention of states push hits halfway mark with Nebraska washingtonpost.com/politics/conve… 17 states have now passed this. In 8 other states, the measure has advanced through at least 1 legislative chamber. 34 states are needed to call the Convention to re-write the Constitution
#NoConCon

#Ohio Lawmakers Push to Join Convention of States publicnewsservice.org/2022-02-01/civ… House Joint Resolution 1 proposes convention of states to draft amendments to impose fiscal restraints on Congress, limit federal power and jurisdiction, and set term limits for federal officials #NoConCon

Resolution Filed in Wyoming Legislature Calls for Convention of States k2radio.com/resolution-fil… A similar bill was proposed in the Wyoming Senate last session, but it failed to get out of committee, so this time around they're trying to get it passed in the House #NoConCon

“Anything that we hold dear, whether you care about education, or environmental rights or gun rights, no matter what you care about in the Constitution, if we called an Article V convention, it’s up for grabs” - Viki Harrison, Common Cause #NoConCon

oddly, that George Washington meme was made by the COS organization. It would seem to contradict the group's call for an Article V Constitutional Convention to amend the constitution when there is already a process for amending it. Curious.

! GOOD NEWS!
#SouthDakota Senate committee kills Convention of States resolution kelo.com/2022/02/04/300… Senate State Affairs Committee on Friday deferred the resolution to the 41st legislative day, effectively killing the bill. #NoConCon

Senator Schoenbeck: "Rocks in Your Head" if in Support of Convention of States Group mykxlg.com/news/local/sen… President Pro Tempore of #SouthDakota Senate says "he knows his people and they don’t want 'a bunch of crazy people re-writing the constitution'” #NoConCon
Good to hear!

PA Headlines: Sen. Corman Reax, Convention of States Advances wkok.com/595032-2/ Republican-controlled Senate State Government Committee advanced a resolution authored by Sen. Dush, R-Jefferson, that calls for a convention under Article V of the U.S. Constitution #NoConCon

1/ ‘Rally in Tally’: #Florida Team Members Urge Legislators and Americans to Support a Convention of States
theepochtimes.com/rally-in-tally… Florida COS team urges other states to join in the movement to re-write the Constitution #NoConCon

2/ As it stands, 17 of the requisite 34 states have called for a Convention of States:
Georgia
Alaska
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Indiana
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Arizona
North Dakota
Texas
Missouri
Arkansas
Utah
Mississippi
Wisconsin
Nebraska
#NoConCon

3/ States currently considering the Convention of States Resolution in 2022 are:
Hawaii
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
#NoConCon

4/ States in which the Convention of States Application has passed in one chamber but not the other are:
New Mexico
Iowa
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
West Virginia
New Hampshire
South Dakota.
#NoConCon

Petition for Convention of States circulates at Bald Eagle Days event rockislandtoday.com/stories/619750… The #Illinois chapter of the Convention of States (COS) gathered a group-record 271 signatures backing its cause at the recent Bald Eagle Days event #NoConCon

SC senators advance bill calling for state-led Constitutional Convention postandcourier.com/politics/s-c-s… Party-line votes of 3-2 sent the legislation to the full Senate Judiciary Committee following an hourslong, sometimes emotional hearing in a packed room.The House passed it last year.

1/ Convention of States could be a Trojan Horse pressregister.com/columns-editor… "Calling a Convention of the States is essentially a way for a small minority of the nation’s voters to have their way because they cannot muster the support needed to get their ideas adopted by Congress..."

2/ "...where the House of Representatives, which is apportioned based on population, stands in their way....The greatest threat to good government today ...is the threat of anarchy fueled by a concerted attack on the very idea of government." #NoConCon