Reason Covers America's Compact: Article V Constitutional Convention 2.0
Getting a Balanced Budget via Article V Constitutional Convention 2.0: Nick Dranias of the "Compact for America" Explains How 38 States Could Force Congress to Spend Within Its Means via Reason.Com Forcing the federal government to keep to a balanced budget has been a dream of the fiscally conservative, or those just worried about ruinous debt, for decades. “Force” is the operative word—there seems little hope that Congress will embrace consistent fiscal discipline on its own
Article V 2.0, Part 3: SPEED!
This blog post is the third and last of 3, explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “
Article V 2.0, Part 2: Safety
This post is part two, of a three-part series explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating federal constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is trul
Article V 2.0, Part One: Certainty
This blogpost is the first in a series of three explaining the difference between the Compact for a Balanced Budget approach and other “legacy” approaches to originating Constitutional amendments-from the states under Article V of the U.S. Constitution. The differences between the Compact approach to Article V and the “legacy” approaches to Article V can be captured in three categories: 1) Certainty; 2) Safety; and 3) Speed. As you will see, the Compact approach is truly “Art
The 8 Weapons you need to finally put the "ConCon" Boogeyman to rest once and for all!
For decades now, Americans have allowed all the “conventional” fears to run the Article V-balanced budget amendment debate, but in many ways, these “conventional” fears were justified, because all previous Article V efforts did little to address people’s honest concerns, and the genuine fears they had surrounding the Article V issue. Thankfully, today, these conventional fears have been addressed with America’s Compact for a balanced budget. But, unfortunately, this doesn’t p
How America’s Compact Restores a Proper Balance of Power Between Our State & Federal Governments
One of the foundational principles on which America’s Constitutional Republic would stand (or fall) upon involved the centralization of power. To prevent too high a concentration of power, our founders were very careful to create a proper balance of political power between our state and federal governments. The logic being, if our state legislatures got off track, Congress could rein them in with Constitutional amendments. Likewise, if our federal legislators couldn’t be trus
Compact for America's Nick Dranias Talks Article V in Pennsylvania
On Monday, April 13, 2015, before the Pennsylvania Senate and House State Government Committee, Representative Gabler, Senator Folmer, and Representative Metcalfe introduced Resolution 63; which calls for a limited Aticle V Convention under the United States Constitution. The full public hearing can be viewed on the Pennsylvania Senate Republicans site here. You can watch the full pulbic hearing, or watch Compact for America's President and Executive Director, Nick Drainias g
Got Fewer than 2 Minutes to Learn How to Save the Republic?
Watch this John Locke Foundation video about the powerful non-partisan federal Balanced Budget Amendment at the heart of Compact For America's-Compact for a Balanced Budget. Watch as Compact For America's President & Executive Director, Nick Dranias explain how Article V will lead us to fiscal sanity. As always... share liberally! #nonpartisanbalancedbudgetamendment #johnlockefoundation #federalbudget #balancedbudgetamendment #compactforamerica #compactforabalancedbudget #art
Article V: Cause For Fear, Or Call To Courage?
It’s amazing how many lies prevail today. After all, as humans, here we sit, on the brink of great mind bending technological advancements with nearly unbound access to information, and still… lies prevail. Lies like, our Constitution is helplessly outdated, patriotism is hopelessly old fashioned, and because of the current political landscape, there are some who insist that there is nothing left to do, but to fear. Here at Compact For America, we prefer courage over fear. Af
See Compact for America’s Balanced Budget Amendment for Yourself!
Conscientious Americans are extremely apprehensive when it comes to “editing” the U.S. Constitution that many courageous souls have fought and died for. As a Veteran, I completely understand. I even share many of the same concerns that most people have when first hearing about the Compact for a balanced budget initiative. This is why transparency is important to us here at Compact For America. Not only do we have nothing to hide, but we believe America has everything to gain
