FACT: Washington vs. the States: Mark Levin and many others tell us that the most promising way of curbing the excesses of the federal government is for the states to act collectively using Article 5 of the US Constitution. For the states to accomplish this they must first pass “enabling” legislation that makes this strategy practical. (See articles below) Indiana has already passed such legislation. The Wisconsin and Arizona Houses have followed suit as has the Tennessee Senate in the 30 to 1 bipartisan vote!
Now its Florida’s turn and events in Florida are moving forward.
Florida’s version of this legislation is now winding its way through the requisite subcommittees. The Florida House bill HB-609 passed the Civil and Justice subcommittee by an 8 to 3 vote and on March 11th passed the Ethics and Elections Subcommittee by the same 8 to 3 vote with the help of some timely phone calls. HB-609 has now moved on to its final test, the Judiciary Committee. The comparable Senate bill SB-1008 is also up for consideration in its Judiciary Committee.
ACTION: At this point in the process we need TELEPHONE calls the members of the House Judiciary Committee and the Senate Judiciary Committee. If you get a recording leave a message for the Representative (HB-609) or Senator (SB-1008) to support the bill. Pay special attention to the Senate as that part of the legislature may be our biggest challenge.
And please forward this latest Action Alert to every patriotic Floridian you know with a telephone!
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House Judiciary Committee
Article V Constitutional Convention legislation HB 609
Chair
Baxley, Dennis K. [R]
District 23 Part of Marion
(352) 732-1313(352) 732-1313
Vice Chair
Stone, Charlie [R]
District 22 Levy and Part of Marion
(352) 291-4436(352) 291-4436
Democratic Ranking Member
Schwartz, Elaine J. [D]
District 99 Part of Broward
(954) 924-3813(954) 924-3813
Campbell, Daphne D. [D]
Distict 108 Part of Miami-Dade
(305) 795-1210(305) 795-1210
Dudley, Dwight [D]
District 68 Part of Pinellas
(727) 552-2747(727) 552-2747
Fitzenhagen, Heather Dawes [R]
District 78 Part of Lee
(239) 533-2440(239) 533-2440
Gaetz, Matt [R]
Distict 4 Part of Okaloosa
(850) 833-9328(850) 833-9328
Hager, Bill [R]
Distict 89 Part of Palm Beach
(561) 470-6607(561) 470-6607
Kerner, Dave [D]
Distict 87 Part of Palm Beach
(561) 641-3406(561) 641-3406
McBurney, Charles [R]
Distict 16 Part of Duval
(904) 359-6090(904) 359-6090
McGhee, Kionne L. [D]
Distict 117 Part of Miami-Dade
(305) 256-6300(305) 256-6300
Metz, Larry [R]
Distict 32 Part of Lake
(352) 989-9134(352) 989-9134
Moskowitz, Jared Evan [D]
District 97 Part of Broward
(954) 346-2848(954) 346-2848
Passidomo, Kathleen C. [R]
District 106 Part of Collier
Phone: (239) 417-6200(239) 417-6200
Pilon, Ray [R]
Distict 72 Part of Sarasota
(941) 955-8077(941) 955-8077
Raulerson, Daniel D. “Dan” [R]
Distict 58
Part of Hillsborough
(813) 757-9110(813) 757-9110
Roberson, Kenneth L. “Ken” [R]
Distict 75 Charlotte
(941) 613-0914(941) 613-0914
Spano, Ross [R]
Distict 59 Part of Hillsborough
(813) 655-3742(813) 655-3742
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Article V Constitutional Convention legislation SB-1008
Members
Chair:
Senator Tom Lee (R)
Deputy Majority (Republican) Leader
District 24
(813) 653-7061(813) 653-7061
Vice Chair:
Senator Darren Soto (D)
District 14
(407) 846-5187(407) 846-5187
Senator Rob Bradley (R)
District 7
(904) 278-2085(904) 278-2085
Senator Andy Gardiner (R)
District 13
(407) 428-5800(407) 428-5800
Senator Arthenia L. Joyner (D)
District 19
(813) 233-4277(813) 233-4277
Senator Jack Latvala (R)
District 20
(727) 793-2797(727) 793-2797
Senator Garrett Richter (R)
District 23
(239) 417-6205(239) 417-6205
Senator Jeremy Ring (D)
District 29
(954) 917-1392(954) 917-1392
Senator John Thrasher (R)
District 6
(904) 287-4222(904) 287-4222
As a parting thought and if you have the time, you might also want to call Representative John Wood and Senator Kelli Stargel and thank them
for sponsoring HB-609 and SB 1008. Legislators always feel emboldened
when they sense they have the wind behind their sails.
John Wood (R)
District 41 Part of Polk
Phone: (863) 298-5300(863) 298-5300
Kelly Stargel
District 15 consists of parts of Orange, Osceola, and Polk counties
(863) 284-4430(863) 284-4430
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION see the articles below.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/madison_revived.html
This article explains to need for “Madison” or “faithful delegate laws like HR 609 to make the Article 5 strategy work.
This article explains why promoting a Regulation Freedom Amendment is not only a good idea in itself but can help move the Article 5 movement along. This is a great article to send to business leaders who are almost daily harassed by federal regulations.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/5_reasons_why_a_constitutional_convention_is
This article explains why the millions of constitutionalists still left in America need to work this Article 5 strategy in addition to trying to elect good candidates.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=51715
http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Bills/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=52078&
These are the links to HB-609 and SB-1008. Please note that these bills do not call for an Article 5 convention, but are simply a procedural bill that lays out the limits on Florida convention delegates should 34 states ever do call for a convention to discuss a specific amendment to curb Washington’s power. Because this bill requires no funding and is simply procedural, it should move forward without too much difficulty provided citizens pressure representatives and senators to pay attention to it.
This article is optional but a good one to send to a Florida state legislator if you have a personal e-mail address. Indiana State Senate majority leader David Long explains why Indiana passed a faithful delegate law.