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Senate adopts resolution renewing Texas application for an Article V convention on fiscal restraints
Summary
The Senate adopted House Joint Resolution 98, the companion to an earlier application, to renew Texas’s application to Congress for an Article V convention focused on fiscal restraints, limits on federal power, and term limits, prompting extended Q&A about risks and safeguards.
The Texas Senate on May 8 adopted House Joint Resolution 98, a measure renewing the Legislature’s application to Congress for an Article V convention of states focused on imposing fiscal restraints, limiting federal power and considering term limits for federal officials.
Sponsor Senator Burwell said the resolution "will simply renew the 80 fifth legislature's call for an article 5 convention of states on the exact same subject" as the 2017 application and…
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