NDRA News

Upcoming Engagements

Western Conservative Summit
NDRA presentation by Senator Olafson
Denver, CO – June 29–July 1
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Council on State Governments – Midwestern Legislative Conference Annual Meeting
"Table Top Discussion" on Article V moderated by Senator Olafson
Cleveland, OH – July 15–18
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ALEC 39th Annual Meeting
NDRA Exhibit
Salt Lake City – July 25–27
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Press Releases

• Sen. Olafson to Address Summit (.PDF, RestoringFreedom.Org, 6/22/12)
• NDRA Introduced in Congress (.PDF, RestoringFreedom.Org, 1/8/12)

Audio and Video

• Podcast with Sen. Olafson (The Forgotten Men Show, WFMD.com, 6/26/12)
• Interview with Sen. Olafson (The Forgotten Men Show, WFMD.com, 9/3/11)
• Goldwater on CBS News (KPHO 5 News, posted on YouTube.com, 8/3/11)
• Senator Curtis Olafson's Testimony on the NDRA (North Dakota Senate floor, 2/22/11)

Printed Word

• Time for a Constitutional Convention? (Tom Tancredo, WNDCommentary.Com, 7/12/12)
• There is No Reason to Fear Article V (PDF. Rob Natelson, 3/19/12)
• Stopping the National Debt: A Movement Led By a Cowboy, a Colonel, and a Citizens’ Cavalry (Ralph Benko, Forbes.com, 3/19/12)
• Who's Afraid of an Article V Amendments Convention? (Rachel Alexander, Townhall.com, 3/11/12)
• Have We Learned Our Lesson on Washington Spending Yet? (Nick Dranias, GoldwaterInstitute.com, 1/5/12)
• Debt Relief Amendment Gaining Traction (Mark Lindgren, Voices.Yahoo.com, 1/22/11)
• Louisiana's Anti-debt Resolution Fuels Movement for Constitutional Amendment/ (Kevin Mooney, ThePelicanPost.org, 10/31/11)
• Article V Amendment Convention: Good or Bad? (Candace Salima, USDailyReview.com, 10/20/11)
• Momentum Builds for National Debt Relief Amendment (Kevin Mooney, NetRightDaily.com, 10/18/11)
• N.D. state senator seeks federal debt amendment (NorthDakota.AreaVoices.com, 10/17/11)
• The National Debt Relief Amendment (Tea Party, SanAntonioTeaParty.us, 10/16/11)
• The National Debt Relief Amendment (Scott Strzelczyk, Texas.TenthAmendmentCenter.com, 10/8/11)
• Time For A Constitutional Convention? It's the Integrity, Stupid, Part 2 (Ralph Benko, Forbes.com, 10/3/11)
• Laying Article V fears to rest (Fergus Hodgson, lockerroom.johnlocke.org, 9/23/11)
• The National Debt Relief Amendment (Scott Strzelczyk, AmericanThinker.com, 9/22/11)
• Historic tactic against federal debt crisis gains further support (Fergus Hodgson, LockerRoom.JohnLocke.org, 9/22/11)
• National Debt Relief Amendment Press Release (SenatorOlafson.Blogspot.com, 9/22/11)
• Restraining the Federal Beast by Article V (Joshua Lyons, ForgottenMen.com, 9/8/11)
• Constitutional Convention could be called to pass National Debt Relief Amendment (Kevin Mooney, NetRightDaily.com, 8/29/11)
• Louisiana Joins North Dakota in Backing Debt Relief Amendment (Fergus Hodgson, Heartland.org, 7/15/11)
• How To End the Debt Ceiling Charade (Fergus Hodgson, TheAmericanConservative.com, 7/7/11)
• National Debt Relief Amendment Gains Support (Kate Bonmarito, PlainsDaily.com, 6/24/11)
• Back from the Dead! Debt Relief Amendment Gains Louisiana Approval (Fergus Hodgson, ThePelicanPost.org, 6/22/11)
• Press Release: National Debt Relief Amendment Gains Momentum [Michigan Capitol Confidential] (MichiganScienceOnline.org, 6/23/11)
• Tactic Against Federal Debt Finds Overwhelming Support in Louisiana House (Fergus Hodgson, ThePelicanPost.org, 6/8/11)
• Bringing the Federal Debt Debate to the States (PDF. C. Olafson and N. Dranias, Inside ALEC, July/Aug. 2011)
• State seeks to stop debt ceiling through Constitutional Convention (Kenneth Schortgen Jr, Examiner.com, 5/26/11)
• Update: Debt Relief Amendment Sails Through Committee (Fergus Hodgson, ThePelicanPost.org, 5/25/11)
• An Opportunity for Louisiana to Lead U.S. Back to Fiscal Sanity (Fergus Hodgson, TheHayride.com, 5/23/11)
• Do you want Congress to hold the line on the debt ceiling? (Nick Dranias, StateBrief.com, 5/18/11)
• Solution to federal debt binge: Article V (C. Olafson and N. Dranias, WND.com, 3/4/11)
• Did Jefferson see Obama's deficit coming? (WND.com, 2/28/11)
• False Fears, "Runaway Conventions," and the National Debt Relief Amendment (MichiganScienceOnline.org, 2/20/11)
• National Debt Relief Amendment in North Dakota Senate Committee (North Dakota Senate Judiciary Testimony, MichiganCapitolConfidential.com, 1/19/11)
• States May Seize Control of Federal Deficit Spending Power (Tom Gantert, MichiganScience.org, 1/13/11)
• Tea Party Could Cut Up the Federal Credit Card (Ken Braun, MichiganCapitalConfidential, 12/16/10)
• Proposed U.S. Constitutional Debt Relief Amendment Gains Support (Byron Schlomach, News.Heartland.org, 12/13/10)
• Need national debt relief? (Nick Dranias, StateBrief.com, 11/16/10)

Please check back for future updates.