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The Convention of States Project and Commissioner Selection Bill

In May 2017, the Missouri State Legislature passed SCR4, the Convention of States (COS) Resolution. This resolution was passed with a 5-year sunset clause. In 2021, the Missouri Legislature once again passed the Convention of States Project’s resolution - this time without a sunset clause. This time without a sunset clause. Coincidentally, it was again named SCR4. This is the first step in the unified national effort to restore Constitutional government in the United States of America.

During this 2023 Missouri Legislative Session, we’re working on the next step – passing the Missouri Commissioner Selection Bill. This bill puts control of the commissioners under the Missouri Legislature. Under the Article V Convention of States (COS) Project, each state decides under its own laws, how many commissioners will comprise its delegation at an amendments convention and how the commissioners are selected. The Missouri Commissioner Selection Bill (Senate Bill SB274 and House Bill HB 823) currently is under consideration. This bill has been vetted in committee and has passed the full Senate twice. However, it has yet to receive a floor vote in the House.

Learn the facts about Missouri’s commissioner selection criteria and the Convention of States Project – from its Constitutional roots to its singular mission and procedural processes. You’ll find answers to many of your questions on this site. But just in case you can’t find what you’re looking for or need further clarification, the Missouri COS leadership team is available to help.

About the COS The Case for an Article V Convention COS Fact Sheet Correcting False Claims The Article V Process		The Resolution Missouri SB274 Current Bill Summary Missouri HB 823 Current Bill Summary MO COS Commissioner Selection Facts

Resources The Complete Article V Resource Tool The Legislative Corner FAQs Responses to Opposition Arguments The Article V Information Center Proposing Constitutional Amendments: A Reference for Lawmakers Historical Documents The U.S. Constitution & Article V Articles of Confederation Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers In particular: Federalist No. 85 By Alexander Hamilton in defense of Article V		Further Reading Published Articles Convention of States: A Path to Restoring Constitutional Government How the Founders Inserted the Amendments Convention Into the Constitution James Madison's Federalist No. 39 and Federalist No. 43 An Article V Convention Is Not a Constitutional Convention The Process of an Article V Convention 10 Reasons Why the 'Runaway Convention' Idea Is a Myth The Liberal Establishment's Disinformation Campaign Against Article V A Brief Assessment of Proposed Convention Rules

Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

We have a growing cancer today known as the Obamacare.

As a result physicians are no longer free to practice medicine.

No profession feels the full force of the federal government more than physicians. The medical profession is the most highly regulated profession in the United States. The practice of medicine is controlled, taxed, and regulated to the point of being destroyed by the heavy hand of the federal government.

Physicians are told how to bill, how much to charge, and how to treat patients. They are mandated to use expensive electronic medical records. The federally enacted HIPPA (Health Information Privacy and Portability Act) makes the communication between physicians and atients burdensome, inefficient,and expensive. Every physician is required by federal mandate to register with the government to obtain an NPI (national provider identifier.) We are required by federal law to obtain and pay for a license to prescribe medication through the DEA, which is separate from our state licensure.

This heavy hand of government not only oversees the largest federal health bureaucracy ever created, but by extension reaches into every state, every city, and every small town to regulate how every licensed physician practices the art of medicine and how citizens obtain care.

The treatment is also clear.

The prescription for a cure was written into our constitution by our founders. Article V of our constitution allows for the states to call for a convention of states to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government through the proposal of constitutional amendments. Physicians should be the strongest supporters of this brilliantly-crafted states’ rights tool placed into our constitution by our founders.

I urge my fellow American physicians to join with me in supporting an Article V Convention of States to take back control of the practice of medicine. It’s the only way that we can return the practice of medicine back to the intimate relationship between a doctor and patient without interference by the heavy hand of a distant, national government.

Jeffrey I. Barke, M.D.

Family Physician Newport Beach, CA

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Physicians for COS

The diagnosis is clear.

The treatment is also clear.

Learn Before You Vote:

The Convention of States Project and Commissioner Selection Bill