Convention of States movement hits halfway milestone after Nebraska passes resolution: Wisconsin and Nebraska this week became the 16th and 17th states to call for a convention of states to propose amendments to the U.S. Constitution, putting the grassroots movement halfway towards its goal of triggering a convention with the support of 34 states. Lawmakers in the Nebraska legislature on Friday approved a convention of states resolution by a 32-10 vote, three days after Wisconsin passed a measure calling for a convention to put fiscal restraints on the federal government and impose term limits on members of Congress and other federal officials. Convention of States President Mark Meckler: "The question is no longer if we will call a Convention of States, but when. People in this country are sick and tired of DC, and they know that they are going to have to take the power back to the states themselves," he said. A convention will be called if two-thirds (34) of the state legislatures in the United States pass resolutions demanding one. Nebraska state Sen. Steve Halloran (R) sponsored the resolution calling for a convention of states. He told the Associated Press that his constituents are concerned with the mounting federal debt and that states have the power to rein in Congress if Washington D.C. will not impose restraints on itself. Supporters answer that any proposed amendments offered by the convention would still have to be ratified by three-quarters of the states, a herculean task that has only occurred 27 times in the history of the United States. "It looks like they are going to do it sooner rather than later," said Meckler. "Our grassroots are on the march and they can't be stopped." 
