Mark Meckler, President of the deceptively named “Convention of States“ (COS) organizations, lost in all of the 21 States he tried to get to pass an application. 😄
The organization pushing for a convention ostensibly limited to passing a Balanced Budget Amendment (which was introduced in Florida, South Carolina, and Idaho) passed only in Florida. But Florida had already passed it during 2014, so the application passed during 2024 was redundant.
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Wolf-PAC‘s application failed in the 5 States where it was introduced—all Democrat states, except for New Hampshire. There, it appeared that Wolf-PAC introduced their application to confuse legislators, in an attempt to defeat our Rescission resolution. The latter amazingly passed the NH House before dying in the Senate.
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The US Term Limits organization (USTL) got applications passed in Louisiana, Tennessee, and North Carolina. But all of the States which passed USTL’s application this year had previously passed other applications for Congress to call a Convention. So USTL’s new applications are also redundant [since Congress can count all of the applications together regardless of the particular Amendment asked for].
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Rumor has it that USTL now has funding greater than that of COS—so it will most likely be a force to reckon with in 2025. In fact, their new false and absurd narrative, which contradicts 8 or 9 years of USTL testimony insisting Congress will never term-limit itself, gained traction in 2024. They now tell legislators that history proves that the chances of a convention are slim to none, but legislators’ “Yes” votes on applications are needed anyway—to scare Congress into proposing the Amendment themselves!
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During March 2024, thanks to our liberal allies, we celebrated New York’s becoming the 9th State in as many years to rescind all their applications. That makes 13 states with no active applications. If four additional states rescind, there won’t be 17 States left for Congress to count to reach the 34-state threshold per Article V.
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THANK YOU for your personal visits, remote and in-person testimony, letters, texts, and phone calls. Your results have been amazing—especially considering the tens of millions of dollars we’re up against. During 2024, we sent 87 blasts for 23 States (90% during Jan. thru May)—mostly on applications, but also rescission, rule changes, sunsets, delegate bills, & updates. New in 2024 were outrageous grant requests from the Phoenix Correspondence Commission asking various State Legislatures (i.e., taxpayers) to fund the CON Lobby’s attempts to shred our Constitution!
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| As to this coming year: applications have already been pre-filed for 2025. |
Every letter & call counts—in fact all some legislators do is count how many people support or oppose the legislation! So please act on our blasts —even if you write only one sentence. Our Constitution depends upon it. We value your time and send alerts only when we’re fairly certain they can make a difference.
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| Thank you for defending our Constitution! |
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