Convention of States
Frustrated with your representatives in the U.S. Congress but can’t quite explain why?
Then check out Daniel Horowitz’s recent tirade over at the Conservative Review. It’s just what you’ve been looking for.
What ever happened to plugging the leaky borders? What ever happened to defunding sanctuary cities? What ever happened to fixing health care? What ever happened to cutting spending? Why is Planned Parenthood still funded? Why is Obama’s amnesty still in place?
In each of these areas, to the extent that Congress has ever addressed the issues, it makes them worse. It has sought to codify amnesty, it has busted the budget, it has done away with the debt ceiling, and it has accepted the core premise of Obamacare. It has grown almost every agency Trump promised to cut.
Why? Because leaders of both parties fundamentally share the same philosophy – to grow government, to empower private monopolies in health care backed by government, and to cater to open-borders interests, while putting Americans last instead of first in sovereignty, national security, and foreign policy.
The House of Representatives is the most powerful body of government in the sense that it’s closest to the people and is fully controlled by a simple majority. Republicans have controlled this body for 20 of the past 24 years, but what has it gotten us? They hold the power of the purse with a simple majority and can wield the most influence over the budget. After all, all revenue increases must begin in the House. Yet our sovereignty is going to hell in a handbasket, the courts control everything, interest on the debt will surpass military spending, and Congress has essentially ceded health care and military policy to the executive branch.
For far too long, Republicans have had leadership that fundamentally accepts the policy premises, priorities, and messaging of the status quo Swamp. To that end, leaders only bring up nanny-state fiscal bills and open-borders initiatives, but won’t allow any number of good, innovative conservative ideas to come to the floor. The only thing they are willing to do is cut taxes, and they plan on using the tax issue every year as political morphine to mask the pain of every other policy betrayal.
Horowitz goes on to voice hope in Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid for Speaker of the House, but it isn’t clear how much long-term change Jordan can initiate.
A more permanent solution lies in Article V of the Constitution.
Article V empowers the states to call a Convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution. These amendments can limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, stripping Congress of the power to regulate healthcare and fund things like sanctuary cities and Planned Parenthood. These amendments can also force the feds to get our nation’s finances under control by mandating a balanced budget and cutting spending.
Congress may have betrayed its promises to the American people, but with Article V those people can take matters into their own hands.
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