On Memorial Day, as a nation, we, with heavy hearts, honor our fallen veterans that died to preserve and protect our Republic. These brave souls who swore to protect our Constitution not only deserve to be memorialized by tradition, but part of preserving their legacy involves showing them the respect they deserve by stoping this: This trend of perpetually increasing government debt obviously threatens our posterity (and it is based on CBO projections regarding only publicly

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

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 “

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

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

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

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