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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.gov, CCarlson@senate.idaho.gov, KCook@senate.idaho.gov, LDenHartog@senate.idaho.gov, BLenney@senate.idaho.gov, DougO@senate.idaho.gov, BToews@senate.idaho.gov, CTrakel@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! 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
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.
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
CBjerke@senate.idaho.gov, DForeman@senate.idaho.gov, CCa
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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