On August 19 Mark Levin will interview COS President Mark Meckler and Senior Advisor Tom Coburn on his Fox News show.
For the full hour.
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Fox News Channel 10:00pmET/7:00pmPT
That's right. An entire hour of television dedicated to educating Americans about Article V of the Constitution.
An entire hour of television on how Convention of States empowers citizens to help drain the swamp and save America.
Don't miss it!
Mississippi viewers will be especially interested, because of how close the movement came to victory there in 2018.
The time was ripe to effectively drain the Swamp. The grassroots and legislative supporters were poised to make Mississippi the 13th state to pass the Convention of States Resolution (HCR 56, sponsored by Rep. Dan Eubanks) calling for an Article V Convention of the States.
HCR 56 was the Resolution that would have allowed Mississippians to join with their sister states to propose amendments that would impose fiscal restraints on Washington, and reduce the scope and jurisdiction of the Federal Government. The Mississippi State House of Representative demonstrated tremendous courage and passed HCR 56, with a bi-partisan vote of 76 to 42, on March 22rd, 2018.
All that remained was for a majority of 27 in the Mississippi State Senate to demonstrate the same courage. Given that there were 25 Sponsors and Co-sponsors, and an additional 6 pledged to support the Senate’s companion Resolution SCR 644, the Mississippi Team was confident of an affirmative vote in the Senate.
However, the Mississippi Team received a gut-punch on the morning of Saturday March 24th. Senator Angela Hill, our primary Sponsor in the Senate, informed our leadership that the resolution had died in the Senate Rules Committee on a voice vote! The Committee Chairman stated that, “It sounded to me like 3 to 1 against.” This disconcerted the Team. The Committee was composed of 2 Sponsors of the resolution and 2 opposed to the resolution. The Chairman had pledged that he would be the tie- breaking vote in favor of the Convention of States Resolution.
What happened? Unfortunately, we just don’t know. Our primary Senate Sponsor, Sen. Angela Hill, was told that the issue had been taken off the agenda; therefore, we had no one present to witness the events. All we have are conflicting reports of what transpired behind a closed-door meeting. The events on the evening of March 23rd happened in a vacuum and without transparency.
Consequently, over 13,000 Convention of States supporters throughout Mississippi were denied their right to be heard on the Resolution through their Senators. The will of the people of Mississippi and the vast majority of their legislators was thwarted by a few who didn’t have the courage to go on record. This is the Swamp in action.
We can’t let this happen again in 2019. It is up to you and me to take the necessary actions. We must demand transparency of our Mississippi State Senate, and we must demand that the members of the Senate Rules Committee vote in favor of the Convention of States Resolution next session. This is too important of an issue to allow it to be killed behind closed doors, with a “voice vote” that does not put any of its members on record.
Please contact the following individuals and request their support in moving the Convention of States Resolution to the Senate floor in 2019.