Panel OKs Con-Con Bill

On a 12-3 party-line vote, with Democrats dissenting and Republicans voting in favor, the House State Affairs Committee today introduced legislation laying groundwork for Idaho to participate in an Article V constitutional convention aimed at considering a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The bill, offered by Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, is entitled the “Idaho Limited Convention Act or ‘No Runaway Convention’ Act.” “This bill does not call for a convention,” Luker wrote in the bill’s Statement of Purpose. “This legislation allows Idaho to be prepared to represent its interests should a convention be convened with or without its application”/Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise. More here.

Question: Don’t Idaho Republicans ever break ranks?