For Immediate Release
February 6, 2022
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Brett Sterley 417-425-3833
The Convention of States Project Reaches the Halfway Point
The Convention of States movement has officially reached a historic milestone.
For the first time in our nation's history, 17 of the requisite 34 states have called for a Convention of States to rein in federal power, impose fiscal restraints on Congress, and limit the terms of office for federal officials.
On Tuesday January 25th, the Wisconsin Senate passed the Convention of States Project’s Resolution without debate. The Wisconsin Assembly passed the same resolution last session. Since Wisconsin allows legislation to carryover, they became the 16th state to pass the Convention of States Project’s resolution.
On Friday January 28th, the Nebraska unicameral assembly passed the Convention of States Project’s Resolution 32-11. Nebraska is state #17, which met the halfway milestone to calling the first-ever Article V Convention of States.
"We are now officially at the halfway mark for the number of states the Constitution requires to call a Convention of States to permanently limit the gross overreach of the federal government and restore balance to the republic based on the original design of our founders," said Mark Meckler, President of Convention of States Action.
"These grassroots victories have been years in the making but have accelerated rapidly in the last year, as more and more Americans realize the dangers of an out-of-control Washington, D.C., and the true power that average citizens have if they organize and refuse to surrender their God-given rights," Meckler said.
The Convention of States Project’s Resolution to call a convention of states meeting under Article V of the U.S. Constitution is moving in state legislatures across the country. A progress map is below.
The meeting is limited to proposing amendments that: limit the size, scope and jurisdiction of the federal government, discuss term limits for federal officials and restore fiscal restraints.
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