Grand Rapids Reporter

Convention of States Action has issued the following press release:

Did you know that we have multiple Senators and Representatives who have been in Congress since the 1980s, and many more since the 1990s? How could anyone who has been entrenched in the Washington swamp, playing by their own rules, for over four decades, have any sense of the needs of the citizens of their states? It’s the very picture of “out of touch.” 

Michigan Convention of States is hosting an informational session where you can learn all about a Constitutionally sanctioned solution that is big enough to handle this problem. We will explain how this solution works and answer all of your questions. 

6:00 PM,

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Allendale Township Library

6175 Library Lane, Allendale MI 49401

The session will be held in the Meeting Room directly across from the front door. Free parking is available in the library parking lot.

What the framers of our Constitution intended as a brief departure from one’s career to serve their neighbors in Congress has become something far less altruistic. They foresaw a day when the Federal Government would serve themselves instead of the people, and they provided a way out. It is a weapon that those vested in the current corrupt political system do not want you to know about.

Article V of the Constitution offers a powerful weapon to the people; a weapon which, once wielded, could spell a return to the checks and balances of power between the several States and Congress that the Founders envisioned. A Convention of States is provided for in Article V of the U.S. Constitution. It is a process whereby the People can, through their State Legislatures, bypass the U.S. Congress altogether to amend the Constitution and place practical limits on the actions of the Federal government and its bloated bureaucracy.

The process is simple, but not easy. Two-thirds of the State legislatures must pass a Resolution for a Convention of States to consider amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Once two-thirds have been reached, Congress must, by law, call the Convention. Each of the fifty States may send as many delegates as they choose to the Convention, but each State has just one vote. Any proposed amendment coming out of the Convention must then be ratified by two-thirds of the several States in order to become a Constitutional Amendment.

The COS Resolution (HJR-E)

The legislature of the State of Michigan hereby applies to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the states, limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government and limit the terms of office for its officials and members of Congress.

The COS Resolution has already passed in 19 states and six more states have passed it in one of their two chambers. Several additional states are expected to take up the Resolution in 2022. https://conventionofstates.com/states-that-have-passed-the-convention-of-states-article-v-application

There is a path forward. Come and learn the facts about Convention of States. Discover how you can help bring about real change in Washington DC.

See the Convention of States website, sign the Petition and get involved.