ALEXANDRIA, Va. and BELLEVILLE, N.J., July 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- David
Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States (1998-2008), and Joseph Belnome, candidate for Congress,
New Jersey's
11th District, today proposed that two
Constitutional Amendment related actions be brought up for a
vote in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate on
Constitution Day, September 17, 2024. The first is
HCR 24 which deals with the Congress' failure to properly discharge
its express, enumerated, and non-discretionary responsibilities
under Article V of the Constitution in connection with the states'
desire to hold a Convention of States to propose a Fiscal
Responsibility Amendment. HCR 24 only requires a simple majority
vote.
The second is the Belnome Amendment relating to birthright
citizenship. Ratification of the Belnome Amendment requires
a two-thirds vote in the House and Senate. If that level
of support is achieved, the Amendment would be referred to
all fifty states for ratification.
If three-quarters of the States approve, the Constitution
of the United States is
Amended.
H.Con.Res.24
Calling an Article V Convention for proposing a Fiscal
Responsibility Amendment to the United States Constitution and
stipulating ratification by a vote of We the People, and for other
purposes.
HCR 24 outlines how the Congress has failed to properly
discharge its responsibilities under Article V of the Constitution
to receive, store, and count applications from the states for a
Convention of States to propose one or more Constitutional
Amendments. It requires the Congress to rectify this wrong and call
such a Convention if two-thirds of the states (34) have ever called
for one. It also specifies the mode of ratification. The
number of states requirement was met in 1979 and for many
years thereafter but the Congress failed to act. Since then,
federal debt has exploded from less than $1
trillion to almost $35
trillion, and the value of the dollar has declined
about 80%.
An illustrative fiscal responsibility amendment:
Total debt held by the public shall not exceed 120% of gross
domestic product (public debt/GDP) as reported by the Treasury
Department, absent a formal Declaration of War in accordance with
the provisions of this Constitution. Effective no later than the
end of Fiscal 2040, total debt held by the public shall not exceed
90% of GDP absent a formal declaration of war or due to an
unexpected national emergency with a 60% vote by both houses of the
Congress and the concurrence of the President. Any such waiver vote
must occur for each fiscal year the limit would otherwise be
violated. Congress shall enact legislation to operationalize this
provision within a year of ratification of this Amendment. This
legislative provision must include gradual and continual reductions
in annual public debt/GDP levels between the date of enactment and
Fiscal 2040. Any member of the Senate or House who is in office in
a year that this Amendment is not fully complied with shall not be
eligible for re-election.
Any actual amendment would be determined by the Convention of
States. Alternatively, the Congress could propose its own
amendment.
The Belnome Amendment
Amendment XXVIII to the
Constitution of the United
States
Citizenship
Upon the effective date / ratification
date of this Amendment, United States Citizenship is to be bestowed
upon any child born to either a father or mother who is a United
States Citizen.
Upon the effective date of this amendment,
only United States Citizens are to be counted in the
Census.
"Natural born citizen," one of the
Constitutional eligibility requirements to serve in the office of
the President and Vice President, is "memorialized/clarified" as a
child born to United States Citizen Parents at birth.
According to David Walker, "The
federal government has lost control of the nation's finances.
Failure to put our federal finances in order will have serious
adverse economic security, national security, international
relations, and domestic tranquility consequences over time. A
Constitutional amendment is needed to assure fiscal sanity and
sustainability over time. At a minimum, the House and Senate should
vote on H.C.R. 24 on Constitution Day if they are not prepared to
vote on a specific fiscal responsibility amendment."
Joe Belnome adds, "the theme of
my campaign is "Restore Integrity". That means supporting and
defending the Constitution of the United
States and the Rule of Law. I support and will champion the
ratification of a fiscal responsibility amendment. The illustrative
fiscal responsibility amendment referenced is a Constitutional
framework that compels the Executive Branch and the Congress to
work together to solve the financial mess that our Constitutional
Republic finds itself in today".
According to Joe Belnome "the
border of the United States must
be secured. Our Republic's immigration policies and statutes need
complete overhaul. The Belnome Amendment starts this process. The
Belnome Amendment establishes the requirement for a child to be
deemed at birth a Citizen of the United
States. The Belnome Amendment also "memorializes/clarifies"
the "natural born citizen" requirement to be President or Vice
President of the United
States."
To speak or schedule an interview with Joe Belnome please contact:
press@VoteJerseyJoe.com, David
Walker, please contact dave@davidmwalker.net.
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