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Committee holds first hearing on resolution calling for Article V convention to impose congressional term limits
Summary
The House Government Oversight Committee heard sponsor testimony on House Joint Resolution 3, which would ask states to call an Article V convention limited to a single-subject amendment imposing term limits on U.S. members of Congress. Lawmakers questioned the mechanics and risks of a convention; no vote was taken.
The House Government Oversight Committee held a first hearing on House Joint Resolution 3, which would direct Ohio’s delegates to support an Article V convention limited to proposing a single-subject constitutional amendment imposing term limits on members of the U.S. Congress.
Sponsor Representative Workman told the committee the measure is intended to “apply meaningful pressure on Washington” and described the resolution as narrowly framed to avoid a so-called runaway convention. “This resolution is a single subject, meaning it cannot veer off into unrelated…
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