Solons ignore public, vote for con-con
After a two and a half hour hearing in which 25 people testified, all of them against SCR 108, the Senate State Affairs Committee has voted 5-4 in favor of it. Here’s how the vote broke down:
Voting in favor: Sens. Hagedorn, Hill, Lodge, Lakey and Siddoway.
Voting against: Sens. Davis, Winder, Stennett and Buckner-Webb.
In his closing comments to the committee, Sen. Marv Hagedorn, R-Meridian, said, “We are addicted to our federal programs. We are living beyond our means. … We can’t continue to go down this road. We have to send a message to Washington that they have to curtail their spending.” He added, “This is not a constitutional convention. We’re asking for an Article V convention to review petitions, and in this case it’s a petition for the balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. The safeguard is ratification by 38 states.” More here.
