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IDAHO possible Vote tomorrow morning on COS, BBA and Term limits



March 25, 2024
Janine Hansen, Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

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It was announced today (Monday, March 25) that all three Article V Constitutional Convention applications, Convention of States, Term Limits, and Balanced Budget could possibly come up for a vote tomorrow morning.

 

Please Email Senate Republicans ONE MORE TIME!

 

Idaho Article V Constitutional Convention Applications

SCR 112 Convention of States waiting for a vote in the whole Senate.

SCR 114 Term Limits waiting for a vote in the whole Senate.

SCR 115 Balanced Budget Amendment waiting for a vote in the whole Senate.

 

MESSAGE: Please Vote NO on ALL Article V Constitutional Convention applications, SCR 112 Convention of States, SCR 114 Term Limits, and SCR 115 Balanced Budget. An Article V Convention cannot be limited. Please don’t jeopardize our Second Amendment Rights. California has passed an Article V Convention application which guts our Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The language in COS “to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government” opens every section of the Constitution to amendment. Idaho gets 41% of its state funding from the federal government. A Balanced Budget Amendment will mean Idaho will have to raise taxes. Term Limits will help highly paid lobbyists and the Left which has an endless supply of candidates. It’s much harder to find constitutional conservatives to run for office. (Or better yet write your own message.)

 

Copy and Paste Emails for all Republican Senators:

SHerndon@senate.idaho.govPhHart@senate.idaho.govDougO@senate.idaho.govBToews@senate.idaho.govCBjerke@senate.idaho.govDForeman@senate.idaho.gov, CCarlson@senate.idaho.govGSchroeder@senate.idaho.govALee@senate.idaho.govTNichols@senate.idaho.govCTrakel@senate.idaho.govBAdams@senate.idaho.govBLenney@senate.idaho.govSGrow@senate.idaho.govCWinder@senate.idaho.govTBernt@senate.idaho.govLDenHartog@senate.idaho.govTLakey@senate.idaho.govGZuiderveld@senate.idaho.govLHartgen@senate.idaho.govKAnthon@senate.idaho.govJGuthrie@senate.idaho.govJVanOrden@senate.idaho.govVBurtenshaw@senate.idaho.govKCook@senate.idaho.govDLent@senate.idaho.govDRicks@senate.idaho.govMHarris@senate.idaho.gov

 

Please Contact ALL Idaho Republican Senators here or via Emails below: https://emailidaho.com/email-both-the-house-the-senate/

 

Contact your own Idaho Legislatorshttps://emailidaho.com/

 

Copy of SCR 112, Convention of States:

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/SCR112.pdf

Copy of SCR 114, Term Limits: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR114

Copy of SCR 115, BBA: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR115

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IDAHO Update: Oppose Convention of States, Balanced Budget Term Limits


March 4, 2024
Janine Hansen, Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman

Idaho State Senate will meet again at 4:30pm today, March 4.

 

Update Idaho Article V Constitutional Convention Applications

SCR 112 Convention of States waiting for a vote in the whole Senate

SCR 114 Term Limits passed out of Committee 5 to 4

SCR 115 Balanced Budget Amendment passed out of Committee 6 to 3

 

You can see with 3 different Article V applications that the advocates of an Article V Convention are not sincere about keeping a Convention to one issue. We must continue to Email and Call!

 

MESSAGE: Please Vote NO on ALL Article V Constitutional Convention applications, SCR 112 Convention of States, SCR 114 Term Limits, and SCR 115 Balanced Budget. An Article V Convention cannot be limited. The language in COS “to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government” opens every section of the Constitution to amendment. Idaho gets 41% of its state funding from the federal government. A Balanced Budget Amendment will mean Idaho will have to raise taxes. Term Limits will help highly paid lobbyists and the Left which has an endless supply of candidates. It’s much harder to find constitutional conservatives to run for office.

(Or better yet write your own message.)

“A Balance Budget Amendment just won’t work,” more information below.

 

Senator Abby Lee voted no on SCR14 Term Limits. Remind her that Convention of States contains Term Limits as well. ALee@senate.idaho.gov, 208-332-1325

 

CONTACT: These Senate Republicans:

Copy and Paste Emails.

BAdams@senate.idaho.govCCarlson@senate.idaho.govKCook@senate.idaho.govLDenHartog@senate.idaho.govBLenney@senate.idaho.govDougO@senate.idaho.govBToews@senate.idaho.govCTrakel@senate.idaho.gov,

 

Please CALL Republican Senators listed in Red. CONTACT All Republican SENATORS: Emails below

District #

 

#12 Ben Adams: 208-332-1336

#3 Cindy Carlson: 208-332-1355

#32 Kevin Cook: 208-332-1358

#22 Lori Den Hartog: 208-332-1340

#13 Brian Lenney: 208-332-1329

#3 Doug Okuniewiez: 208-332-1338

#4 Ben Toews: 208-332-1322

#11 Chris Trakel: 208-332-1320

 

Copy of SCR 112, Convention of States:

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/sessioninfo/2024/legislation/SCR112.pdf

Copy of SCR 114, Term Limits: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR114

Copy of SCR 115, BBA: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR115


EMERGENCY! Idaho Hearing Friday, March 1st - 1:30 pm Constitutional Convention



EMERGENCY! Just posted today!

 

HEARING: Friday, March 1, 1:30pm, Room WW54

We need people to testify!

 

Article V Constitutional Convention applications on a SCR 115 Balanced Budget and SCR 114 Term Limits.

 

To Testify Remotely: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2024/standingcommittees/sjr/#hcode-tab-style2testimony-registration-remote-in-person

 

MESSAGE: Please Vote NO on the Article V Constitutional Convention applications SCR 115 Balanced Budget and SCR 114 Term Limits. It doesn’t matter what the topic for a Convention is an Article V Constitutional Convention cannot be limited. Idaho gets 41% of its state funding from the federal government. A Balanced Budget Amendment will mean Idaho will have to raise taxes. We have term limits every election. The Left has an endless supply of candidates. It’s much harder to find constitutional conservatives to run for office.


(Or better yet write your own message.)


A Balanced Budget Amendment just won’t work, more information is below.

 

CONTACT: Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee Republicans:

Chair: TLakey@senate.idaho.gov, DForeman@senate.idaho.gov, ALee@senate.idaho.gov, KAnthon@senate.idaho.gov, DRicks@senate.idaho.gov, PhilHart@senate.idaho.gov, LHartgen@senate.idaho.gov,

 

Please CALL Senate Judiciary & Rules Committee

#23 Chair Todd Lakey: 208-332-1328

#9 Abby Lee: 208-332-1325

#25 Linda Wright Hartgen: 208-332-1318

#27 Kelly Anthon: 208-332-1327

#34 Doug Ricks: 208-332-1409

#2 Phil Hart: 208-332-1345

 

Copy of SCR 114, Term Limits: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR114

Copy of SCR 115, BBA: https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/billbookmark/?yr=2024&bn=SCR115

 


The Balanced Budget Amendment won’t work. Let’s not take a chance on losing our precious fundamental rights guaranteed by the Constitution.

https://smartasset.com/data-studies/states-most-dependent-on-the-federal-government-2022


IDAHO Alert: We need more EMAILS opposing Convention of States!



Janine Hansen, Eagle Forum National Constitutional Issues Chairman


We need more Emails! Opposing Convention of States to all Republican Senators!

 

The Good News is that the Idaho State Senate has NOT voted on SCR112 Convention of States yet. We must EMAIL ALL OF THE REPUBLICAN SENATORS AGAIN.

 

The article “Convention of States Action Shenanigans” about the big money spent in Idaho by COS is below.

 

INFORMATION: It won’t be ONE State ONE Vote. Article V does not tell us how many delegates there will be or how they will be selected. But, “Between 1973 and 1992, 22 bills were introduced in the U.S. House and 19 in the U.S. Senate that sought to establish a procedural framework that would apply to an Article V Convention…The Senate… passed the ‘Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act,’ on two separate occasions; as S 215 in 1971 and as S 1272 in 1983.” Although these bills did not pass Congress, they assert Congress’s intent on setting the formula for delegates and all other procedures for an Article V Convention. Source Congressional Research Service, April 11, 2014.

https://www.everycrsreport.com/files/20140411_R42589_f565d06c544815456eb3805d4f52c2b5749d36b7.pdf

These bills called for proportional representation of States based on the formula for the Electoral College, which adds the state’s number of Congressmen and 2 Senators, not one vote per state. So, Idaho would have 4 votes and California 54 at a Convention. California passed an Article V Convention application in 2023 which guts the Second Amendment.

 

MESSAGE: Please Vote NO on SCR112 Convention of States. Don’t be intimidated by the Convention of States and the big money they have spent in Idaho. Under the Congressional formula for an Article V Convention Idaho would have 4 votes and California 54! California has already passed an Article V Convention application which guts the Second Amendment. Don’t put Idaho and our constitutionally protected rights in jeopardy.

(Or better yet write your own message.)

 

Copy and Paste Emails for all Republican Senators:

SHerndon@senate.idaho.gov, PhHart@senate.idaho.gov, DougO@senate.idaho.gov, BToews@senate.idaho.gov,

CBjerke@senate.idaho.gov, DForeman@senate.idaho.gov, CCarlson@senate.idaho.gov, GSchroeder@senate.idaho.gov, ALee@senate.idaho.gov, TNichols@senate.idaho.gov, CTrakel@senate.idaho.gov, BAdams@senate.idaho.gov, BLenney@senate.idaho.gov, SGrow@senate.idaho.gov, CWinder@senate.idaho.gov, TBernt@senate.idaho.gov, LDenHartog@senate.idaho.gov, TLakey@senate.idaho.gov, GZuiderveld@senate.idaho.gov, LHartgen@senate.idaho.gov, KAnthon@senate.idaho.gov, JGuthrie@senate.idaho.gov, JVanOrden@senate.idaho.gov, VBurtenshaw@senate.idaho.gov, KCook@senate.idaho.gov, DLent@senate.idaho.gov, DRicks@senate.idaho.gov, MHarris@senate.idaho.gov

 

Please CALL Senate Republicans listed in red.

District #

#1 Scott Herndon: 208-332-1349

#2 Phil Hart: 208-332-1345

#3 Doug Okuniewiez: 208-332-1338

#4 Ben Toews: 208-332-1322

#5 Carl Bjerke: 208-332-1421

#6 Dan Foreman: 208-332-1405

#7 Cindy Carlson: 208-332-1355

#8 Geoff Schroeder: 208-332-1344

#9 Abby Lee: 208-332-1325

#10 Tammy Nichols: 208-332-1423

#11 Chris Trakel: 208-332-1320

#12 Ben Adams: 208-332-1336

#13 Brian Lenney: 208-332-1329

#14 C. Scott Grow: 208-332-1334

#20 Chuck Winder: 208-332-1354

#21 Treg Bernt: 208-332-1331

#22 Lori Den Hartog: 208-332-1340

#23 Chair Todd Lakey: 208-332-1328

#24 Glenneda Zuiderveld: 208-332-1347

#25 Linda Wright Hartgen: 208-332-1318

#27 Kelly Anthon: 208-332-1327

#28 Jim Guthrie: 208-332-1348

#30 Julie VanOrden: 208-332-1346

#31 Van Burtenshaw: 208-332-1342

#32 Kevin Cook: 208-332-1358

#33 Dave Lent: 208-332-1313

#34 Doug Ricks: 208-332-1409

#35 Mark Harris: 208-332-1429

Please Contact ALL Idaho Republican Senators by email here.

 

Contact your own Idaho Legislators: https://emailidaho.com/

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Convention of States Actions Shenanigans