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                        PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS

  The following petition or memorial was laid before the Senate and was 
referred or ordered to lie on the table as indicated:

       POM-350. A resolution adopted by the Legislature of the 
     State of Alaska applying to the United States Congress to 
     call a convention of the states under Article V of the 
     Constitution of the United States to propose amendments to 
     the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal 
     restraints on the federal government, limit the power and 
     jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms 
     of office of federal government officials; to the Committee 
     on the Judiciary.

                       House Joint Resolution 22

       Whereas the founders of the Constitution of the United 
     States empowered state legislators to be guardians of liberty 
     against future abuses of power by the federal government; and
       Whereas the federal government has created a crushing 
     national debt through improper and imprudent spending; and
       Whereas the federal government has invaded the legitimate 
     roles of the states

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     through the manipulative process of federal mandates, most of 
     which are unfunded; and
       Whereas the federal government has ceased to live under a 
     proper interpretation of the Constitution of the United 
     States; and
       Whereas it is the solemn duty of the states to protect the 
     liberty of their people, particularly for the generations to 
     come, to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United 
     States through a convention of the states under art. V to 
     place clear restraints on these and related abuses of power: 
     Now, therefore, be it
       Resolved, That under art. V, Constitution of the United 
     States, the Alaska State Legislature respectfully applies to 
     the United States Congress to call a convention of the states 
     for the sole purpose of proposing amendments to the 
     Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal 
     restraints on the federal government, limit the power and 
     jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms 
     of office of federal government officials; and be it further
       Resolved, That this application constitutes a continuing 
     application in accordance with art. V, Constitution of the 
     United States, until at least two-thirds of the legislatures 
     of the several states have applied for a similar convention 
     of the states; and be it further,
       Resolved, That the Alaska State Legislature urges the 
     legislatures of the other 49 states to apply to the United 
     States Congress to call a convention of the states.
       Copies of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable 
     Barack Obama, President of the United States; the Honorable 
     Joseph R. Biden, Jr., Vice-President of the United States and 
     President of the U.S. Senate; the Honorable John Boehner, 
     Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives; the Honorable 
     Patrick J. Leahy, President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate; 
     the Honorable Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the U.S. Senate; 
     the Honorable Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the U.S. House of 
     Representatives; the Honorable Lisa Murkowski and the 
     Honorable Mark Begich, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Don 
     Young, U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation 
     in Congress; and the presiding officers of the legislatures 
     of each of the other 49 states.

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