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CallaConvention.org aims to facilitate the call for an Article V Constitutional convention by mobilizing people of all political and social backgrounds, to write fundamental reform into our founding document, the Constitution. 

As Americans, we may disagree on policy issues, but one thing that vast majorities agree on is that the institutions of our government have been corrupted, held hostage by well-funded special interests. It’s no wonder that only 17 percent of the American public in a recent Gallup survey said they had a favorable opinion of Congress; voters believe that corporations, labor unions, and moneyed special interests have a chokehold on politicians. We are disillusioned and discouraged because we don’t believe that our agents in Washington truly represent the will of the people. And the recent Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C.—which permits unlimited independent corporate campaign expenditures—will only make this situation worse.

It is clear that a Constitutional amendment is needed to end the dependence of members of Congress on their campaign funders. But it's equally clear that Congress itself lacks the will to pass such an amendment. As a result, too many people throw up their hands and say, “We give up. Congress won’t fix itself. And there’s nothing that we can do about it.”

But there is something we can do. We, the People, can take back the power we gave to Congress. We can take it back through the states.

The framers left open a path to a Constitutional amendment that doesn’t require the approval of Congress: a convention. Article V of the Constitution requires Congress to call a convention to propose amendments if 34 state legislatures demand it. Any proposed amendment would then have to be ratified by both houses of 38 state legislatures (three-fourths of the states).

While CHANGE CONGRESS has its own preferred amendment, we encourage supporters of all kinds of amendments to use this platform to build support.

You can learn more about our proposed amendment here, and about the process for calling a Constitutional convention here. Several members of Congress and other organizations have proposed constitutional amendments as well; we have posted their proposals along with our own here, for the public to review and discuss.

CallAConvention.org is a project of CHANGE CONGRESS, a non-partisan advocacy organization whose sole purpose is to protect the independence of Congress by fighting the influence of money in politics. 

To find out what you can do to facilitate the call for a convention, click here.