Full Text of HJR0119 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Policy decisions made at the state level tend to | 14 | | be more responsive to the needs and desires
of the people; and
| 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
| 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
| 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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