McConnell: "We have term limits. They're called elections."
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July 17, 2017
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Convention Of States Project
Trump’s presidential victory is barely 48 hours old, and the federal government has already begun pouring cold water on any real change in Washington, D.C.
Immediately following Trump’s election, Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell stated in no uncertain terms that the Senate will not consider a term limits amendment:
“We have term limits,” Mcconnell said. “They’re called elections.”
Republicans may control the White House and Congress, but Republicans want power just as much as Democrats and they aren’t about to give it up.
But they don’t have to relinquish power voluntarily for that power to be taken away.
An Article V Convention of States can propose a term limits amendment -- among others -- without Congress’s approval. Article V of the Constitution stipulates that a “convention for proposing amendments” can be held if 34 states call for one. Under the Convention of States Project call, these amendments can mandate term limits for federal officials, impose fiscal restraints on Congress, and limit the power and jurisdiction of federal regulators.
Trump may well propose policies that limit the federal government, but in 2020 federal bureaucrats will still control the majority of the decisions D.C. makes. Our nation will still be in debt, and the Courts will still hold an unprecedented amount of power. A Convention of States provides the only solution to these structural problems, problems that one president cannot tackle alone.
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Almost everyone knows that our federal government is on a dangerous course. The unsustainable debt combined with crushing regulations on states and businesses is a recipe for disaster.
What is less known is that the Founders gave state legislatures the power to act as a final check on abuses of power by Washington, DC. Article V of the U.S. Constitution authorizes the state legislatures to call a convention to proposing needed amendments to the Constitution. This process does not require the consent of the federal government in Washington DC.
I support Convention of States; a national movement to call a convention under Article V of the United States Constitution, restricted to proposing amendments that will impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit its power and jurisdiction, and impose term limits on its officials and members of Congress.
I want our state to be one of the necessary 34 states to pass a resolution calling for this kind of an Article V convention. You can find a copy of the model resolution and the Article V Pocket Guide (which explains the process and answers many questions) here:
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