This bill proposes calling a special constitutional convention to create a new amendment focused on fiscal responsibility—basically rules about how the federal government handles money and budgets. Here's how it would work: instead of Congress proposing amendments the traditional way, this bill wants to hold a convention where delegates from states would come together to draft a new amendment. Once they propose it, the amendment wouldn't go through the normal ratification process where Congress votes on it. Instead, it would go directly to voters in three-quarters of the states (38 states) who would vote on whether to approve it through state conventions. This is a significant change because it bypasses the usual legislative process and puts the power to ratify directly in the hands of state-level voters rather than state legislatures. The bill essentially says that if you want to add a constitutional amendment about how the government spends and manages money, the people themselves—through state conventions—should get the final say on whether it becomes law.

Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and stipulating ratification by a vote of We the People, and for other purposes.

Arrington, Jodey C.

 <p>This concurrent resolution calls for a convention for proposing amendments to the U.S. Constitution, with each proposed amendment to be ratified by a vote in three-quarters of the states via state convention delegates.</p>