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Ohio sponsors ask committee to back Article V convention focused on balanced budget, federal limits and term limits
Summary
Representative MacLean, sponsor of House Joint Resolution 2, told the House Government Oversight Committee that the resolution calls on the state to join other states in urging Congress to call a convention of states under Article V limited to three subjects: imposing fiscal restraints (including a balanced-budget amendment), limiting federal power and jurisdiction, and establishing term limits for federal officials.
Representative MacLean, sponsor of House Joint Resolution 2, told the House Government Oversight Committee that the resolution calls on the state to join other states in urging Congress to call a convention of states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution limited to three subjects: imposing fiscal restraints (including a balanced-budget amendment), limiting federal power and jurisdiction, and establishing term limits for federal officials.
"This resolution issues a call for a convention of states under article 5 of the US constitution to propose amendments regarding limited subjects," Representative MacLean said in sponsor testimony. He said the path is available under Article V and that the proposal would be limited to the three subject areas he described.
The sponsors argued the move is aimed at reining in what they called expansive federal authority and unsustainable spending. "It allows our military to be used without declaring war and recklessly…
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