85R788 TJB-F     By: Miller H.J.R. No. 39       A JOINT RESOLUTION   applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention   under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited   purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the constitution to   impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, to limit the   power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and to limit the   terms of office of federal officials and members of Congress.          WHEREAS, The drafters of the United States Constitution   empowered state legislatures to be guardians of liberty against   abuses of power by the federal government; and          WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by   creating a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent   spending; and          WHEREAS, The federal government has abused its power by   invading the legitimate role of the states through the manipulative   process of federal mandates that are to a great extent unfunded; and          WHEREAS, The federal government has ceased to abide by a   proper interpretation of the United States Constitution; and          WHEREAS, It is the solemn duty of state legislatures to   protect the liberty of the people and of future generations by   proposing amendments to the United States Constitution that place   clear restraints on federal power; and          WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution   authorizes the several state legislatures to restrict the power of   the federal government through the amendment process; and          WHEREAS, Article V of the United States Constitution provides   that on application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the   several states Congress shall call a convention for the purpose of   proposing amendments to the constitution; now, therefore, be it          RESOLVED, That the 85th Texas Legislature apply to Congress   to call a convention under Article V of the United States   Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one or more   amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the   federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the   federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal   officials and members of Congress; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding   legislature, this application by the 85th Texas Legislature   constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V   of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the   legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call   a convention for the limited purpose of proposing one or more   amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the   federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of the   federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal   officials and members of Congress; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president of the   Senate of the Congress of the United States, and to all members of   the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that this   resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as an   application to Congress for a convention under Article V of the   United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing one   or more amendments to the constitution to impose fiscal restraints   on the federal government, to limit the power and jurisdiction of   the federal government, and to limit the terms of office of federal   officials and members of Congress; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the   presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with   the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a   convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for   the limited purpose of proposing one or more amendments to the   constitution to impose fiscal restraints on the federal government,   to limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and   to limit the terms of office of federal officials and members of   Congress.