<P> On April 27, 2016, the Oklahoma Senate approved an Article V convention on a balanced budget amendment, making Oklahoma the 29th state to participate in the national effort . </P> <P> On November 7, 2017, the Wisconsin Legislature approved an Article V convention resolution for a balanced budget amendment . </P> <P> The conservative group Citizens for Self - Governance (CSG) is engaged in an ongoing effort to call an Article V Convention . Through its "Convention of States Project", CSG is seeking "to urge and empower state legislators to call a convention of states ." CSG states that it initiated the Convention of States project "for the purpose of stopping the runaway power of the federal government ." Mark Levin has supported CSG's efforts to a call a convention for the purpose of proposing amendments to the constitution . </P> <P> In December 2013, nearly 100 legislators from 32 states met at Mount Vernon to talk about how to call a convention of states . According to Slate, "The meeting lasted four hours, ending when legislators agreed to meet again in the spring of 2014 . That's the most progress anyone's made in decades toward a states - first constitutional amendment campaign ." </P>

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