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Committee Hears Proponents and Skeptics on Article V Term-Limits Resolution
Summary
Supporters of House Joint Resolution 3 urged Ohio to join a multi-state effort to press Congress for congressional term limits via an Article V convention; members pressed witnesses on legal risks, how a convention could be constrained, and whether Congress would instead preempt the effort.
Kevin Coughlin, state chair of US Term Limits, told the House Government Oversight Committee that House Joint Resolution 3 would "give Ohio an opportunity to join with 12 other states in exercising its right to call for an Article 5 convention of the states limited to the issue of congressional term limits." He urged the committee to favorably report the measure during a second hearing that drew three witnesses from US Term Limits and extended questioning from committee members.
The debate centered on two competing claims: proponents said a coordinated set of state applications would pressure Congress to propose a term-limits amendment and likely grandfather current members, while several committee members raised legal and practical concerns about an Article V convention’s scope and enforceability. "History shows that the history of convention calls in our country results not in a convention, but in reluctant…
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