Wisconsin Assembly set to request constitutional convention

By: Associated Press//June 14, 2017//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Assembly is poised to request a convention to change the U.S. Constitution.

The chamber is scheduled to vote Wednesday on a resolution demanding a convention of states to add a balanced-budget requirement to the founding document.

Wisconsin would be the 30th of 34 states needed to force a convention if the resolution passes both the Assembly and Senate.

Critics worry a convention could lead to wild constitutional revisions. The Assembly is scheduled to pass a separate measure Wednesday that would require the state’s convention delegation to abide by rules the Assembly of State Legislatures drew up last year for a possible convention.

The chamber also is expected to pass a bill that would allow delegates to dismiss colleagues who work for anything other than a balanced-budget amendment.

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