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Convention of States: Why Washington Can't Fix Itself with Rick Santorum. Is Washington broken beyond repair? The Convention of States and the Article V process may be the only path left to restore the Republic.

Former Senator Rick Santorum joins The P.A.S. Report Podcast to pull back the curtain on why both parties have failed to limit government. This episode breaks down the Convention of States process, debunks the runaway convention myth, and explains how the states can reclaim their constitutional authority from an out of control Washington.

What You'll Learn:

• The Incentive Problem: Why D.C. is structurally incapable of self-reform 
• The Dependency Trap: How federal spending fuels endless expansion 
• Article V Mechanics: A plain-English breakdown of the Convention of States process 
• Fact vs. Fiction: The real safeguards that prevent a runaway convention 
• The Path Forward: The types of amendments that could restore limited government 

Don't miss this fact-based analysis of how the states can step in when Washington refuses to act and why the Convention of States is worth the fight.

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Timestamps

• 01:32 Rick Santorum: Statesman vs. Politician
• 02:27 Political Failures in Preserving Liberty
• 04:18 Polarization, Debt, and Government Overreach
• 05:59 Government Expansion: A Bipartisan Issue
• 07:39 The Challenge of Government Dependency
• 09:58 Decline of Civic Education and Cultural Values
• 12:54 A Convention of States
• 15:38 Article 5 and Constitutional Amendments
• 18:01 Safeguards Against a Runaway Convention
• 22:28 Restoring Power to the States
• 25:13 Amendments for a Convention of States
• 27:30 The Mechanism of Constitutional Amendments

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