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SJ0027LRB104 12960 MST 24549 r

1SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The concentration of power at the federal level 

3has had the effect of making federal officials less responsive 

4to the will of the people and more readily influenced by 

5lobbyists, wealthy corporations, and special interests in 

6Washington, D.C.; and

7 WHEREAS, Much of federal laws and regulations have been 

8enacted by federal bureaucrats who were never chosen by the 

9people and have no accountability to the people whatsoever; 

10and

11 WHEREAS, Past administrations have created a crushing 

12national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and

13 WHEREAS, Past administrations and federal bureaucrats have 

14invaded the legitimate roles of the states through the 

15manipulative process of federal mandates, most of which are 

16unfunded to a great extent; and

17 WHEREAS, Policy decisions made at the state level tend to 

18be more responsive to the needs and desires of the people; and

19 WHEREAS, The states have the ability to restore the 

20responsiveness of government to the people and to restrain 

SJ0027- 2 -LRB104 12960 MST 24549 r

1abuses of federal power by proposing amendments to the 

2Constitution of the United States through a limited Convention 

3of the States under Article V; therefore, be it

4 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL 

5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF 

6REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the legislature of the 

7State of Illinois hereby applies to Congress, under the 

8provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United 

9States, for the calling of a convention of the states limited 

10to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United 

11State