Kansas Senate committee approves COS resolution

"Rock, Chalk, Jayhawk" is the deafening chant that is heard early and often in Allen Fieldhouse on the campus of the University of Kansas during college basketball games.

Well, chalk up another victory for COS in Kansas.

Today, February 13, the Kansas Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs approved the COS resolution calling upon Congress to call an Article V convention -- Senate Concurrent Resolution 1604 -- by voice vote.

The Kansas legislature had previously approved a COS resolution with majority votes in both the House and Senate. Yet a peculiar and controversial Kansas legislative wrinkle known as the “Roe Rule” (introduced in 1974 to guarantee abortion rights) requires a two-thirds supermajority for Article V convention bills, which prevented final passage.

Undeterred, the Kansas COS team saw to it that the COS application was reintroduced. Testimony was heard in committee earlier this month on February 3.

Congratulations to the Kansas team and Wild West Region director Deanna Becket for their hard work and dedication as the COS resolution moves along in the Senate!

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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: https://conventionofstates.com/handbook_pdf

I ask that you support Convention of States and consider becoming a co-sponsor. Please respond to my request by informing the national COS team of your position, or sending them any questions you may have:

info@conventionofstates.com or (540) 441-7227.

Thank you so much for your service to the people of our district.

Respectfully, [Your Name]

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