SJM 8003

http://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=8003&Year=2017

We, your Memorialists, the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Washington, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent and petition as follows:
WHEREAS, The founders of our Constitution empowered state legislators to be guardians of liberty against future abuses of power by the federal government; and
WHEREAS, The federal government has created a crushing national debt through improper and imprudent spending…

THEREFORE, Your Memorialists, the legislature of the State of Washington, respectfully:
(1) Apply to Congress, under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and for members of Congress…