Floor Vote for

Total Yeas: 80

Total Nays: 33

Total Abstained: 0

Total Missed: 6

Total Votes: 113

Vote After Roll Call:

Eskamani -

Under Article V of the U.S. Constitution, Congress is required to hold a constitutional convention if two-thirds of state legislatures (34 states) call for one. And despite what my colleagues say, there are absolutely no rules for an Article V Convention outlined in the Constitution. This means the group of people convening to rewrite our Constitution could be totally unelected and unaccountable. There is nothing that could limit the convention to a single issue, so the delegates could write amendments that revoke any of our most cherished rights – like our right to peaceful protest, our freedom of religion, or our right to privacy. There are also no rules preventing corporations from pouring money into the convention to ensure they get their way. I cannot in good faith vote for this measure, as it could endanger our entire Constitutional Republic and lead to a dramatic re-writing of the U.S. Constitution.