87R7838 TJB-D     By: White H.J.R. No. 95       A JOINT RESOLUTION   applying to the Congress of the United States to call a convention   under Article V of the United States Constitution for the limited   purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the   number of terms that a person may be elected to Congress.          BE IT RESOLVED, That the 87th Texas Legislature hereby   applies to Congress to call a convention under Article V of the   United States Constitution for the limited purpose of proposing an   amendment to the constitution to limit the number of terms that a   person may be elected as a member of the United States House of   Representatives to six terms and to limit the number of terms that a   person may be elected as a member of the United States Senate to two   terms; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That, unless rescinded by a succeeding   legislature, this application by the 87th Texas Legislature   constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V   of the United States Constitution until at least two-thirds of the   legislatures of the several states have applied to Congress to call   a convention for the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to   the constitution to limit the number of terms that a person may be   elected as a member of the United States House of Representatives to   six terms and to limit the number of terms that a person may be   elected as a member of the United States Senate to two terms; and,   be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to   the speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States, to   the vice president of the United States in the vice president's   capacity as the presiding officer of the Senate of the United States   at the office located in the United States Capitol Building, and to   all members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request   that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional   Record as an application to Congress for a convention under Article   V of the United States Constitution for the limited purpose of   proposing an amendment to the constitution to limit the number of   terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States   House of Representatives to six terms and to limit the number of   terms that a person may be elected as a member of the United States   Senate to two terms; and, be it further          RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official   copies of this resolution to the secretaries of state and to the   presiding officers of the legislatures of the several states with   the request that they join this state in applying to Congress for a   convention under Article V of the United States Constitution for   the limited purpose of proposing an amendment to the constitution   to limit the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member   of the United States House of Representatives to six terms and to   limit the number of terms that a person may be elected as a member of   the United States Senate to two terms.