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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

The Maryland Legislative Path of a Convention of States Resolution conventionofstates.com/news/the-maryl… Senator Justin Ready and Delegate Mark Fisher are the COS Maryland lead sponsors of the resolution, and will introduce the COS resolution in the 2022 Maryland legislative session #NoConCon

SC could soon become 18th state to pass measure that aims to rein in federal government thestate.com/news/politics-… South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday voted to send the call for a convention of states to the Senate floor. Bill has already passed the House. #NoConCon

As Historic Convention of States Movement Gains Momentum, President Meckler Says ‘I’m Shooting for 2024’ theepochtimes.com/as-historic-co… "this Convention of States through Article V gives us as states an avenue to address the federal government’s growth and overreach.” #NoConCon

House, Senate adopt resolution calling on Congress for convention to amend Constitution; Senate OKs its budget bill, sends to House dominionpost.com/2022/03/04/hou… The resolution was adopted by the #WestVirginia senate by a vote of 77-19 with some Democrats crossing over #NoConCon

GOOD NEWS! Kansas House narrowly defeats resolution calling for U.S. constitutional convention of states kansasreflector.com/briefs/house-n… The House measure went down 76-43, falling short of a required supermajority vote by eight.

John Birch Society encourages it's members to take action to stop an Article V Constitutional Convention jbs.org/concon/convent… Why? Among other reasons: "COS Poses Threat to 2nd Amendment", “Tricked Into Gun Control” #NoConCon #guns #2ndAmendment #GunControlNow

Kochs Bankroll Move to Rewrite the Constitution prwatch.org/news/2017/03/1… by @alexkotch

"Most of the groups pushing the convention idea are being underwritten by one or more institutions tied to billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch". #NoConCon #KochNetwork

1/ Convention of States gaining ground americanthinker.com/blog/2022/04/c… 19 states have passed the Convention in both state legislative branches. 4 of those states passed it this year. 6 states have had it pass in one house. 21 states are considering resolutions this year. #NoConCon

2/ "states have been leery about rights they can Constitutionally exercise.Cowardice is the only thing that comes to mind...The simple fact is, had it not been for the train wreck...coming with Biden and Harris, there would not be the momentum the Convention has gained this year"

1/ Washington, DC, Doesn’t Need a Personnel Change. It Needs a Structural Change. Here’s How stream.org/washington-dc-… Article in "The Stream", a site "Equipping Christians to Think Clearly About the Political, Economic and Moral Issues of Our Day". Telling it's readers...

2/ "It’s easy to allow ourselves to become absorbed by the darkness, but that’s what Satan wants...you’re going to fight with righteous anger towards the things that you need to fight for...your family...we’re going to fight for our posterity as our founders and framers did"...

3/ Really? In a country where separation of church and state was a goal of "our founders and framers", are christofascists trying to re-write American history? Yes, you bet they are. That's just one more reason we need #NoConCon under any pretense whatsoever.

Convention Of States’ Supporters Nervously Eye South Carolina Governor’s Office fitsnews.com/2022/04/11/con… McMaster has opposed a convention of states in the past, concerned that it could be used to strip Americans of their gun rights or abolish the Electoral College #NoConCon

"For those of you who fell asleep during civics class, an ‘Article V convention’... is one of two methods by which changes to the Constitution can be proposed – the other being a two-thirds vote of both chambers of the U.S. Congress."
Here is their progress to date👇 #NoConCon

Against the Convention of States americanthinker.com/articles/2022/… "An Article V Convention of States is not the tool to fix the ignorance and corruption that ail this country...Today, our nation is evenly split politically speaking, so absolutely anything could result." #NoConCon

South Carolina Governor Signs Bill on Convention of States usnews.com/news/best-stat…
WARNING: The only convention called in the nation so far, the one that wrote the current Constitution, was initially proposed just to make changes to the Articles of Confederation⚠️ #NoConCon

Are Constitutional Amendments Coming? theepochtimes.com/are-constituti…
"The [most] likely scenario—especially if the 2022 elections increase the Republican supermajority control of the state legislatures—is that a convention will propose amendments limiting federal power." #NoConCon

1/ The #ALEC AVC Report, The CATO Proposal; Examining the Errors web.archive.org/web/2012020501… This article discusses errors in the recently released ALEC Article V Convention Report - from 2012 (foavc.org/reference/Arti…) #NoConCon

2/ "With apologies for my literary license of Thomas Jefferson, nevertheless I believe if he were alive, he would express a similar sentiment to the paragraph [below] if he read the #ALEC Report"👇#NoConCon

3/ "convention will be...graft and corruption totally immune from checks election by the people brings to the system. It will be a runaway convention...it is not even a baby step to assert such a runaway convention will beholden to no one but special interests." #NoConCon

4/ "In sum, all Americans, whether conservative or liberal must ignore this report. If its proposals were adopted, the result will be...so repugnant to American way of life, it deserves no further consideration. For this reason alone, this report must be rejected." #NoConCon

The Roe v Wade decision is not about abortion. It’s about preserving a republic massnews.com/the-roe-v-wade… conservative editorial: "what is important now, it’s that we restore our heritage. With solutions like the Convention of States we have an opportunity to do just that"#NoConCon