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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 2441 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Proposed House Joint |
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| 6 | 6 | | Resolution No. 23 |
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| 7 | 7 | | January Session, 2025 |
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| 8 | 8 | | LCO No. 2441 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION |
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| 12 | 12 | | AND ELECTIONS |
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| 15 | 15 | | Introduced by: |
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| 16 | 16 | | REP. PERILLO J., 113th Dist. |
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| 20 | 20 | | RESOLUTION APPLYING TO CONGRESS FOR AN ARTICLE V |
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| 21 | 21 | | CONVENTION OF THE STATES. |
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| 22 | 22 | | Resolved by this Assembly: |
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| 24 | 24 | | That (1) the General Assembly apply to Congress, under Article V of 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | the United States Constitution, to call a convention of the states limited 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | to proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that impose 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | jurisdiction of the federal government and limit the terms of office of its 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | officials and members of Congress; (2) the Secretary of the State transmit 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | copies of such application to (A) the President and Secretary of the 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | United States Senate and the Speaker and Clerk of the United States 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | House of Representatives, (B) members of this state's congressional 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | delegation, and (C) the presiding officers of each of the legislative 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | houses in the several states, requesting cooperation; and (3) such 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | application constitute a continuing application in accordance with said 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Article V until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the several states 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | have made applications on the same subject. 14 Proposed House Joint Resolution No. 23 |
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| 40 | 40 | | LCO No. 2441 2 of 2 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 43 | 43 | | To apply to Congress to call an Article V convention of the states for the |
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| 44 | 44 | | purpose of imposing fiscal restraints on the federal government, |
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| 45 | 45 | | limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and |
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| 46 | 46 | | limiting the terms of office of its officials and members of Congress. |
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