This resolution was adopted by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees in 2014.
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Opinion: Tempe lawmakers detail constitution convention dangers By Sen Lauren Kuby and Rep. Brian Garcia, Tribune Guest Writers Apr 27, 2025 We have long supported term limits for elected officials. Career politicians are out of touch and do not represent the everyday hard-working Americans struggling with today’s challenges – high grocery costs, concerns over exorbitant […]
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Legislators in West Virginia Have a Fight on Their Hands
Some lawmakers in West Virginia are, like many other state legislators across the country, fighting against the dangerous call their state has made for an Article V constitutional convention. This call for a constitutional convention, or Convention of States, is a well-funded campaign led by Tea Party Patriots co-founder Mark Meckler, Texas mega donor Tim Dunn, […]
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Connecticut lawmakers reverse call for Article V Constitutional Convention
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Inside Mike Johnson’s Ties to a Far-Right Movement to Gut the Constitution
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Read More >Scholars Invite Mark Meckler to Debate a Constitutional Convention
A public debate is slated for Thursday, February 6, 2020 at 5 pm MST in the Lincoln Room of the Idaho Legislature. This forum will offer both sides the opportunity to discuss the merits of the proposed Article V Constitutional Convention, or Convention of States, now being pushed through legislatures across the country. A constitutional convention could put all our rights […]
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The Legislature’s con-con con job | Editorial
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Ohio ‘state to watch’ for U.S. constitutional convention measures, concerned advocates say
Ohio ‘state to watch’ for U.S. constitutional convention measures, concerned advocates say GOV & POLITICS Jun 12, 2025 | 4:55 am ET By Susan Tebben Ohio is one of the states where legislators are pushing for conventions that could make constitutional amendments related to term limits and other issues, but advocates are concerned about the […]
Read More >- 1.3.2020
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Exposed: The Balanced Budget Amendment Convention Campaign
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, wealthy special interest groups convinced dozens of state legislatures to pass resolutions or “calls” for an Article V convention to propose a balanced budget amendment (BBA). At one point, BBA advocates were just a few states short of reaching the constitutionally required 34 state required to call a convention. However, […]
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