ANOTHER CALL FOR A CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. “When unfunded mandates, insurmountable debt, and unconscionable spending have mortgaged our children’s and grandchildren’s futures, it is not only the right, but the duty of the states to use every tool at their disposal to restore the republic. This powerful Article V mechanism has caused Congress to act many times to propose amendments to avoid a convention. The prospect of a convention was enough to convince Congress to pass the (ineffective) Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Balanced Budget Act in 1985.”