2024 New Mexico Resolution and Petition QR Code

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PROPOSE TERM LIMITS

IMPOSE FISCAL RESTRAINTS

REDUCE THE SIZE AND POWER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

TO BE INTRODUCED IN THE 2024 NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE:

WHEREAS, the Governor of New Mexico is constitutionally required to submit a balanced budget, and
the New Mexico Legislature is constitutionally required to pass a balanced budget, thereby preserving
the State's financial solvency and integrity; and

WHEREAS,  meanwhile,  the  federal  government  continues  to  accrue  enormous  increases  in  the
national  debt,  obligating  New  Mexico's  citizens and  future  generations  to insurmountable  financial
burdens; and

WHEREAS,  otherwise  necessary  federal  regulatory  protections  become  costly,  unworkable,  and
oppressive when congested by an excess of unnecessary and obsolete rules and mandates, causing
hardships on New Mexico's local governments, small businesses, and working families; and

WHEREAS, a professionalized congress, whose members are more subject to the power of organized
pressure groups than to the interests of the majority of the citizens, fails in its service to those citizens
and proves unresponsive to fiscal excess and government over-reach; and

WHEREAS,  constitutionally  applied  mechanisms  for  establishing  sound  requirements  for
accountability of federal spending, regulation, and public service are necessary to the well- being of
the people;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO
that the legislature of New Mexico hereby applies 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  to  [1]  impose  fiscal  restraints  on  the  federal
government, [2] limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and [3] limit the terms of
office for its officials and for Members of Congress, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the New Mexico secretary of state is hereby directed to transmit
copies  of  this  application  to  the  President  and  Secretary  of  the  United  States  Senate  and  to  the
Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance
with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the
several states have made applications on the same subject.

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Created:	2023-07-25 21:47 GMT
Updated:	2024-07-26 03:00 GMT
Published:	2023-07-25 07:00 GMT
Converted:	2025-11-11 12:27 GMT
Change Author:	Andrew Lusch
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