34 States Call for Constitutional Convention — and Possible Rewrite

Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter of California recently asked House Speaker Boehner for clarification as to where the state count stands, and if Michigan has tipped the two-thirds majority needed to make the convention call. ✧ "With the recent decision by Michigan lawmakers, it is important that the House — and those of us who support a balanced budget amendment — determine whether the necessary number of states have acted and the appropriate role of Congress should be in this case," Hunter wrote to Boehner. ✧ Boehner spokesman Michael Steel told The Washington Times that the Republican leader will have his lawyers review the request. ✧ What may give the speaker pause in his decision is that several states long ago rescinded their calls for a convention, although there is nothing in the Constitution that allows them to do that. ✧ Also, states have made the requests in differing forms...

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