H233 would apply to the United States Congress for a Convention of the States to propose amendments to the United States Constitution to impose a balanced budget amendment, to limit the power of the federal government, and to limit the terms of office for members of Congress.
The North Carolina House of Representatives passed H233 on May 5, 2021 by a vote of 60 to 57. We have assigned pluses to the nays because a “Convention of the States” would not be of “limited” purpose. Notably, Article V of the U.S. Constitution was designed to correct structural deficiencies in the federal government, not the behavior of its elected officials. H233 should be opposed in favor of less risky, more precise, and immediate solutions that would restore power back to the states and to the people, such as clear-cut proposals in Congress to repeal bad amendments or state nullification of specific unauthorized federal laws.