Full Text of SJR0111 96th General Assembly
SJ0111 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Congress serves as the legislative branch of the | 3 |
| United States government and is responsible for the passage of | 4 |
| laws that affect the lives of all Americans; and
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| WHEREAS, Various actions performed or proposed by various | 6 |
| members of Congress, including cuts in programs such as Social | 7 |
| Security and Medicare, stand in stark contrast to the lucrative | 8 |
| benefits and financial security the members of Congress | 9 |
| currently possess, which have a much lower chance of being | 10 |
| reduced or eliminated; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Constitution guarantees the | 12 |
| equal protection and application of the laws to each citizen of | 13 |
| our nation; the spirit of the Constitution is violated when | 14 |
| members of Congress enjoy the fruits of Congressional benefits | 15 |
| and salaries while creating hardships for lower-income | 16 |
| Americans through cuts in necessary programs; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 19 |
| CONCURRING HEREIN, that we hereby apply to Congress to call a | 20 |
| limited constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing | 21 |
| to the states for ratification an amendment to the United | 22 |
| States Constitution; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That such an amendment should be worded as | 2 |
| follows, without substantial alteration: "Congress shall make | 3 |
| no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that | 4 |
| does not apply equally to the Senators and/or Representatives, | 5 |
| and Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators | 6 |
| and/or Representatives that does not apply equally to the | 7 |
| citizens of the United States"; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | 9 |
| application in accordance with Article V of the United States | 10 |
| Constitution until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of | 11 |
| the several states have made application for a limited | 12 |
| constitutional convention; and be it further | 13 |
| RESOLVED, That, if two-thirds of the legislatures of the | 14 |
| several states make application to Congress to call a limited | 15 |
| constitutional convention, the State of Illinois requests that | 16 |
| such a convention be called not later than 6 months after | 17 |
| Congress receives the necessary applications from state | 18 |
| legislatures; and be it further | 19 |
| RESOLVED, That the limited convention called by Congress | 20 |
| shall be limited to the topics proposed in this resolution; if | 21 |
| a limited convention were to consider topics beyond the limited | 22 |
| scope of this call for a constitutional convention, delegates, |
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| representatives, or participants shall be selected by the | 2 |
| citizens of the State of Illinois to participate in the limited | 3 |
| convention and shall be permitted to vote only on proposed | 4 |
| amendments topically contained within the scope of this call | 5 |
| and shall be instructed to vote against any other proposed | 6 |
| amendments; and be it further | 7 |
| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House | 9 |
| of Representatives, the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of | 10 |
| the United States Senate, the members of the Illinois | 11 |
| congressional delegation, the presiding officers of each | 12 |
| chamber of each state legislature in the United States, and the | 13 |
| news media of the State of Illinois.
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