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The most viable path to ending runaway federal debt.
Congress is hopelessly addicted to deficits and debt. Federal debt is at record levels and rising by an astounding $2 trillion per year. We are now spending more on interest payments than on national defense or Medicare. We near the precipice of a debt crisis having irreversible economic, national security, and domestic tranquility consequences.
More than two-thirds of the States anticipated these threats back in 1979 and again in 2017, applying to Congress as provided in Article V of our Constitution to exercise their equal power to propose the needed fiscal responsibility constitutional amendment. Only a Constitutional amendment can bind Congress, regardless of party control and across Administrations. Only the state-lead amendment path is procedurally ripe enough and can take effect soon enough.
Unfortunately, Congress has ignored the states’ applications for decades and has failed to adhere to its non-discretionary Article V obligation to call a limited convention to propose a fiscal responsibility amendment. As the ultimate safeguard, all amendments must be ratified by no fewer than 38 states, requiring broad public support across the ideological spectrum.
Because for decades Congress has evaded its Article V “shall call” obligation, several state Attorneys General are now considering litigation to enforce state power to propose the needed fiscal responsibility amendment. Recognizing Congress’ inability to rein in its appetite for debt, House Speaker Mike Johnson now encourages this litigation. Confirming that the states have submitted a sufficient number of applications, House Budget Committee Chair Jodey Arrington has termed it a “constitutional travesty” that Congress has failed to call the amending convention.
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