BREAKING NEWS: 10 States File Article V Applications to Rein in the Out-of-Control Federal Government

PURCELLVILLE, Va., Jan. 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — The Convention of States Project announces that 10 states have filed their Article V Applications for an amending convention of the states calling for fiscal restraint, limiting the size, scope and jurisdiction of the federal government and term limits. The states that have filed Article V legislation in at least one house include: Arizona, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire,New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina, Virginia and Wyoming.

These filings demonstrate the unity of purpose by the American people with the sole purpose of fighting back against the overreach of the federal government. In one week, resolutions were filed in all regions of the United States from New England/Northeast to the Northwest; from the South to the Southwest; from the East to the Midwest.

“Politicians and pundits try to tell us that the nation is divided on party lines, but the reality is that it’s a manufactured spectacle in order to divide the people,” Explained Mark Meckler, co-founder, The Convention of States Project. “As we saw in last week’s Gallup 2014 year-end review, 66% of Americans think that the federal government is the biggest problem in America. We are seeing Americans unite across the country galvanized by the solution that is Article V—the final check on federal power reserved to state legislators.”

The arrogance of the ruling elite in Washington, D.C. have not solved any of America’s challenges, or given the people new ideas. The Convention of States Project has a solution as big as the problem in Article V of the Constitution. A united nation acting through the state legislatures can solve America’s toughest challenges today: fixing healthcare, stopping the out-of-control spending, getting rid of the IRS and curbing over regulation.

About the Convention of States Project

The Convention of States Project is currently organized in all 50 states, including hundreds of thousands of volunteers, supporters and advocates committed to stopping the federal government’s abuse of power.  Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Governor Bobby Jindal, David Barton, Col. Allen West, Senator Tom Coburn (OK), Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee, AMAC and U.S. Term Limits, among others have endorsed the Project. Article V applications have already been passed in Alaska, Florida and Georgia. We stand ready with 32 Prime Sponsors to pass this year and hope to meet the 34 state requirement by the end of 2015. For more information visit www.ConventionofStates.com.