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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Executive Orders by the President of the United | ||||||
3 | States have become a vehicle through which
the President may | ||||||
4 | overstep the limits of his constitutional authority; and
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5 | WHEREAS, The concentration of power at the federal level | ||||||
6 | has had the effect of making federal officials
less responsive | ||||||
7 | to the will of the people and more readily influenced by | ||||||
8 | lobbyists, wealthy corporations,
and special interests in | ||||||
9 | Washington, D.C.; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Much of federal law is now enacted by federal | ||||||
11 | bureaucrats who were never chosen by the
people and have no | ||||||
12 | accountability to the people whatsoever; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Policy decisions made at the state level tend to | ||||||
14 | be more responsive to the needs and desires
of the people; and
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15 | WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing | ||||||
16 | national debt through improper and
imprudent spending; and | ||||||
17 | WHEREAS, The federal government has invaded the legitimate | ||||||
18 | roles of the states through the
manipulative process of federal | ||||||
19 | mandates, most of which are unfunded to a great extent; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The States have the ability to restore the | ||||||
2 | responsiveness of government to the people and to
restrain | ||||||
3 | abuses of federal power by proposing amendments to the | ||||||
4 | Constitution of the United States
through a limited Convention | ||||||
5 | of the States under Article V; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
7 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
8 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that the legislature of the State of | ||||||
9 | Illinois hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of | ||||||
10 | Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the | ||||||
11 | calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing | ||||||
12 | amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose | ||||||
13 | fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power | ||||||
14 | and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms | ||||||
15 | of office for its officials and for members of Congress; and be | ||||||
16 | it further | ||||||
17 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Secretary of State is hereby | ||||||
18 | directed to transmit copies of this application to the
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19 | President and Secretary of the United States Senate, to the | ||||||
20 | Speaker and Clerk of the United States
House of | ||||||
21 | Representatives, to the Illinois Congressional Delegation, and | ||||||
22 | to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses
in | ||||||
23 | the United States, requesting their cooperation; and be it | ||||||
24 | further
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1 | RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing | ||||||
2 | application in accordance with Article V of the
Constitution of | ||||||
3 | the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds | ||||||
4 | of the states have
made applications on the same subject.
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