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Senate and House members are pushing for a national constitutional convention. |
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Wrap:The Senate Rules Committee heard three resolutions asking for an Article Five convention in order to amend the U.S. Constitution.
Columbia Republican Kurt Schaefer sponsored one of the resolutions.
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| Description: We are seeing a lot of things wrong with the federal government. The federal government is never ever going to fix this problem. | |
Convention of States Project Director, Michael Farris says that the resolutions are a lot like ones filed in Georgia, Florida and Alaska.
Opponents of the convention say that this is the wrong time to call a convention because the federal government has more important issues to address.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
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Missouri lawmakers have called for a national constitutional convention. |
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Wrap: Senate and House committees heard resolutions hoping to create a national convention to amend the U.S. Constitution.
The resolutions call for a constitutional convention in order to focus on reigning in the federal government's power, creating term limits and fixing the federal budget.
St. Louis County Republican Eric Schmitt is the sponsor of one of the Senate resolutions
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| Description: Here we are now with an 18 trillion dollar problem. No political will in Washington DC to do anything about it. And it's up to us to do something about it. And that's what this concurrent resolution is all about. | |
The last U.S. constitutional convention was held in 1787.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.
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Members of the Missouri legislature sponsored resolutions calling for a U.S. Constitutional Convention. |
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Wrap: Senate and House committees heard various resolutions pushing for a convention in order to amend the U.S. Constitution.
Frank Rice from Union, Missouri testified against the resolutions saying the country is facing too much to hold a convention.
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| Description: We can't do it, it's not the right time. Article 5 will be there as long as the Constitution is there. | |
Lawmakers sponsoring the resolutions say that a convention is necessary to adjust federal government term limits, the budget and federal power.
Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Hannah Knight.