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United States Constitution - Amendments Convention - Limitations on Federal Power

Sponsor: Mark N. Fisher (District 27C)Committee: Rules and Executive NominationsSubject: State Government - General AssemblyStatus: Hearing 3/15 at 9:30 a.m. (as of Dec 1, 2021)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Applying to the U.S. Congress for an amendments convention called under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several states, to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for officials of the federal government and for the members of the U.S. Congress.

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Testimony (23)

MGA witness list

FAV 21FavorableUNF 2Unfavorable

Position	Witness	Organization	Testimony
FAV	Gough, John	COS Action	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Patten, A Stephen	COS Action Maryland	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Barnes, Ginger	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Betz, Robert	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Bibbee, Richard	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Brown, Coley	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Colburn, Michael	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Goldberg, Jacob	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Jenkins, Leslie	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McCowin, Gayle	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	McElheny, Paul	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Rilee, Michael	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Shapero, Steve	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Weaver, Andrew	Convention of States	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Kelly, Robert	Convention of States Action	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Cox, Dan	Member, House of Delegates, Maryland General Assembly	Written (PDF)
FAV	Delegate Fisher, M., Delegate Fisher, M.legislator	Individual	Oral
FAV	McQueen Sr, James	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	Weakley, Nichole	Individual	Oral + Written (PDF)
FAV	mcavoy, vince	Individual	Oral
FAV	severn, yvette	Individual	Written (PDF)
UNF	Antoine, Joannelobbyist	Common Cause Maryland	Position only
UNF	Edwards, Donna	Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO	Written (PDF)

Organizations on record

Common Cause MarylandUNF 1

Convention of StatesFAV 12

Convention of States ActionFAV 1

COS ActionFAV 1

COS Action MarylandFAV 1

Maryland State and DC AFL-CIOUNF 1

Member, House of Delegates, Maryland General AssemblyFAV 1

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFAntoine, JoanneCommon Cause MarylandRegistered for: Common Cause Maryland