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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Founders of our country empowered state |
| 3 | | legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of |
| 4 | | power by the federal government; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing |
| 6 | | national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, The federal government has invaded the legitimate |
| 8 | | roles of the states through the manipulative process of federal |
| 9 | | mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to live under a |
| 11 | | proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United States; |
| 12 | | and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of the states to protect the |
| 14 | | liberty of our people - particularly for the generations to |
| 15 | | come - by proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the |
| 16 | | United States through a Convention of the States under Article |
| 17 | | V for the purpose of restraining these and related abuses of |
| 18 | | power; therefore, be it
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE |
| 20 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE |
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| 1 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the State of Illinois hereby makes |
| 2 | | application to Congress under the provisions of Article V of |
| 3 | | the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a |
| 4 | | convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the |
| 5 | | Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints |
| 6 | | on the federal government and limit the power and jurisdiction |
| 7 | | of the federal government; and be it further
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| 8 | | RESOLVED, That, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution |
| 9 | | of the United States, we join the other states that have called |
| 10 | | for a convention for the specific and exclusive
purpose of |
| 11 | | proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States |
| 12 | | limited to the purposes stated herein; provided,
however, that |
| 13 | | the delegates from Illinois to said convention are expressly |
| 14 | | limited to consideration and support of amendments
that impose |
| 15 | | fiscal restraints on the federal government and limit the |
| 16 | | federal government's power and jurisdiction; that it is our |
| 17 | | express intention that this application shall be aggregated |
| 18 | | with the subsequent
applications of other states limited to the |
| 19 | | purposes identified in this application; and be it further
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| 20 | | RESOLVED, That the convention delegates from Illinois are |
| 21 | | hereby instructed not to support any
amendment proposals |
| 22 | | regarding term limits for federal officials or for members of |
| 23 | | Congress; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That copies of this application be provided to |
| 2 | | the President and Secretary of the United
States Senate and to |
| 3 | | the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of |
| 4 | | Representatives; and be it further
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| 5 | | RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing |
| 6 | | application in accordance with Article V of
the United States |
| 7 | | Constitution until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of |
| 8 | | the states have made applications on the same subject.
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