A joint resolution applying to Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States

A joint resolution

applying to Congress to call a convention to propose an amendment to the Constitution

of the United States.

WHEREAS, the people of Minnesota as represented by their Legislature find that it is in the

interest of democratic governance to have a citizen legislature;

WHEREAS, terms limits on Members of Congress would reduce the influence of special

interests, allow Members to focus more on policy and less on reelection, and nurture new ideas and

perspectives in Congress; and

WHEREAS, under Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the Congress, on the

application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing

amendments to the Constitution of the United States; NOW, THEREFORE,

BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it applies to the Congress

of the United States to call a convention limited to proposing an amendment to the Constitution of

the United States that provides a limit on the number of terms to which a person may be elected as

a Member of the United States House of Representatives and to set a limit on the number of terms

to which a person may be elected as a Member of the United States Senate.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application shall be considered as covering the same

subject matter as the applications from other states to Congress to call a convention to set a limit

on the number of terms to which a person may be elected as a Member of United States House of

Representatives or the United States Senate and that this application shall be aggregated with same

for the purpose of attaining the two-thirds of states necessary to require Congress to call a limited

convention on this subject, but shall not be aggregated with any other applications on any other

subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in

accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least

two-thirds of the several states have made applications on the same subject.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of Minnesota is directed to prepare

copies of this resolution and transmit it to the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of

Representatives, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the United States

Secretary of State, and Minnesota's Senators and Representatives in Congress and also to transmit

copies hereof to the presiding officers of each of the legislative houses in the several states, requesting

their cooperation.