LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska lawmakers have declined to join a national campaign seeking to amend the Constitution and limit the federal government’s power.

Senators voted 25-18 Monday to return the resolution to the Legislature’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, where it is unlikely to see any more activity this year.

The measure would have added Nebraska’s voice to a coalition calling for a convention of states. A convention requires 34 states to call for one under Article V of the U.S. Constitution.

Opponents say the resolution does not clearly define the process for selecting delegates or limit the topics the convention will cover.  The measure’s sponsor, Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete, argues the 38 states required to approve potential amendments would provide sufficient oversight from citizens and courts.

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas House has rejected a measure aimed at calling a convention of the states to propose changes in the U.S. constitution.  The vote Monday was 77-47 for a resolution pushed by conservative Republicans unhappy with the federal government’s reach. But supporters needed a two-thirds majority of 84 votes in the 125-member chamber.

Supporters said a convention could propose ideas for lessening the federal government’s power. The resolution decried the federal debt.  Critics questioned whether a convention’s scope could be limited.

Lawmakers in five other states have approved the same resolution.