A January 2023 Gallup Poll result showed “the government/poor leadership” as the number one concern of Americans. This result was followed by, in order of importance:
- inflation
- immigration
- the economy in general
- unifying the country
- race relations/racism
- poverty/hunger/homelessness
- crime/violence
- ethical/moral/family decline
Are you tired of Washington and the inability of our elected officials to accomplish those things they committed to do if elected? Are you weary of the growing divide between our elected officials and branches of government? Are you concerned about the expansion of the Federal Government into every aspect of your life?
There is something you can do about it. This is not a Republican or Democrat or Independent solution. This is common ground. This is the Convention of the States.
Join Convention of States for a citizens’ informational forum! Local Convention of States Regional Captain for Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, Bruce Finlayson and James Carter, District Captain for House Districts 105 and 106 will host an interactive and informational town meeting, including a presentation, questions and answers, debunking Convention of States myths, Constitutional history, Article V information, and more.
This local citizens’ information forum will be on Saturday, February 18, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. The forum will be held at the Otsego Library, 700 Otsego Ave., Gaylord, MI 49735
Our Founders were afraid this day would come and designed a powerful tool to help us restrain our runaway federal government. A Convention of States as provided for in Article V of the U.S. Constitution is a process used to amend the Constitution and place practical limits on the actions of the federal government and its bloated bureaucracy.
A Convention of States is a straightforward process allowing the people, through their State Legislatures, to regain control over our bloated Federal government. It is basically the same process that was used to form the federal government with its limited and strictly enumerated powers in the first place.
The process allows two-thirds (34) of the legislatures of the several States to pass a Resolution calling for a convention of all the States for the purpose of considering proposed constitutional amendments. When two-thirds (34) of the states pass the Resolution, Congress must set a time and place for a convention of all (50) states to suggest amendments to the Constitution within the framework of the Resolution. Any amendments agreed at the convention would then have to be ratified by three-fourths (38) of the State legislatures to become an Amendment.
The Resolution
The legislature of the State of Michigan hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the states, limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and limit the terms of office for its officials and members of Congress.
The Resolution has already passed in 19 states and six more states have passed it in one of their two chambers. Several additional states are expected to take up the Resolution in 2023.
See the Convention of States website, sign the Petition and get involved.
There really is a path forward through this colossal mess, the DC Swamp, leading to a more secure and prosperous future with liberty and justice for all.
Come to the Town Hall meeting. Learn how you can support the Resolution and become part of the solution.
“If not us, then who? If not now, then when?”
Ronald Reagan
