Examining Proposed Constitutional Amendments

Date:

Tue, 09/19/2023 - 2:00 PM

Location:

2141 RHOB

Witnesses

Panel 1

Mr. Thomas Jipping

Senior Legal Fellow, Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

Jipping Biography

Jipping Truth in Testimony

Jipping Testimony

Dr. David Primo

Ani and Mark Gabrellian Professor, Professor of Political Science and Business Administration

Primo Biography

Primo Testimony

Primo Truth in Testimony

Mr. Nick Tomboulides

Executive Director, U.S. Term Limits

Tomboulides Biography

Tomboulides Testimony

Tomboulides Truth in Testimony

Mr. Stephen Spaulding

Vice President of Policy and External Affairs, Common Cause

Spaulding Biography

Spaulding Testimony

Spaulding Truth in Testimony

Meeting Documents

A statement from Art Harman, Executive Director of Americans for Term Limits, dated September 19, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of LA.

An article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment Poses Serious Risks dated March 16, 2018, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An article from Center for American Progress titled Tax Cuts Are Primarily Responsible for the Increasing Debt Ratio dated May 27, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An article from the Washington Post titled Term limits would upend Congress as we know it dated September 16, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An article from The Nation titled Warning: A Convention of States Is Practicing to Rewrite the Constitution dated July 14, 2023, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An article from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities titled 5 Reasons to Reject Any Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment dated April 29, 2019, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An issue brief from American Constitution Society titled A Dangerous Adventure: No Safeguards Would Protect Basic Liberties from an Article V Convention dated October 2021, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

An article from The New York Times titled "A Second Constitutional Convention? Some Republicans Want to Force One" dated September 4, 2022, submitted for the Record by Ms. Scanlon of PA.

A statement submitted for the Record by Ms. Jackson Lee of TX.

A statement from Kurt Couchman, Senior Fellow in Fiscal Policy for Americans for Prosperity, dated September 19, 2023, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of LA.

An article from The Hill titled A well-crafted budget amendment can succeed dated January 20, 2017, submitted for the Record by Mr. Johnson of LA.