January

Transparent Government Lies
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Sweetness & Light reports along with the failure to make government transparent six other promises were broken—First, he said it would be “impossible” for Congressmen to slip in pork projects…said meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public…said there would be no more secrecy (Republicans didn’t even get to see the bill!) UPDATE—Feb. 25—the puppet’s staff requires secrecy oaths on defense budget team…promised public would have five days to look at the bill. UPDATE—Apr. 22—Major Garrett at Fox News reports a top the puppet’s adviser “conceded the puppet had not lived up to his promise to post legislation for five days on the Internet before signing it…the adviser said the White House will try to improve, but conceded it’s broken that promise. On the campaign trail, the puppet made this pledge—“When there is a bill that ends up on my desk as a President, you the public will have five days to look online and find out what’s in it before I sign it, so that you know what your Government’s doing.” The stimulus bill, a pay equity bill, a bill expanding children’s health insurance, the omnibus spending bill funding the remainder of the 2009 budget and a public lands bill were all signed before the final version was posted for public review for five days. He assured us, “You’ll know what’s in it,”…and “we will put every pork-barrel project online.”

Corporate Jet Hypocrisy
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Socialist puppet spends the week spewing the evils of corporate jets used by overpaid execs, only to arrange a special jet ride for one U.S. Senator to vote on his Porkulus bill! The puppet’s administration learned Ohio Democrat Senator Sherrod Brown could not make it back to D.C. to vote because there were no seats available on commercial airlines. While execs can’t use those evil corporate Cessna Jets because they are on the public dollar, seems it’s okay for the puppet the Hypocrite to arrange special plane rides for his pals also on the public dollar. This President is a joke. UPDATE—Feb 9—Fox News—The puppet’s head of the National Economic Council, Larry Summers, flew on Citigroup’s corporate jet from the Democratic National Convention in Denver back to New York last year. UPDATE—Feb. 24—Repeats his promise to kill the evil corporate jet. UPDATE—Mar. 10—Judicial Watch—Nancy Pelosi is abusing her private military jet and using the Air Force as a private airline. Fox News reported more Democrat hypocrisy saying Pelosi aide Kay King emailed the Air Force to complain about the types of planes they were allowing her to use—“It is my understanding there are no G5s available for the House during the Memorial Day recess. This is totally unacceptable…The Speaker will want to know where the planes are.”

Appointment Scandal—Judd Gregg
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet’s second choice for Commerce Secretary also drops out saying the differences he had with the puppet on the Deficit Stimulus Plan and the power-grab over the Census were the things that made him change his mind. The puppet calls the news “something of a surprise.” [It’s one of many appointment scandals. How can it be a surprise? His Fifth appointment screw-up since promising not to screw up again!]

Broken Tax Promise
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Within days of taking office, the puppet breaks promise not to raise any taxes on those making less than $250,000 a year! The puppet approves tax hike of 61 cents a pack on cigarettes after saying as a candidate— “I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.” UPDATE—Feb. 24—The puppet repeats the lie saying those who make less than $250,000 will not pay higher taxes, “Not one Dime!” UPDATE—Mar. 5—The puppet’s budget raises 45 percent of its revenue from energy taxes that will be paid by everyone who fills a gas tank, pays an electric bill, or buys anything that was grown, shipped, or manufactured. UPDATE—Mar. 24—Neil Cavuto on Fox News reported the puppet’s budget raises taxes on those making above $209,000.

RV Lie at First Press Conference
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

In his first prime-time press conference, the puppet lied to the American people. He said, “There are people right now with good credit who can’t get loans to buy an RV.” He used the recreational vehicle example after being in Elkhart, Indiana where many are made. The statement is completely false. There are about 11,000 banks in the U.S.A. and 7,000 to 9,000 have no financial problems at all, and even make money. These banks have money to loan to people with good credit and a good down payment. It is a lie to say that people with good credit cannot get a loan to buy an RV and help the people in Elkhart.

Chief of Staff an Illegal Renter!
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Gawker.com—Rahm Emanuel is renting a basement from Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro. A zoning administrator says the house is listed as “single family” and can’t be rented out.

Free House Scandal
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

At a Socialist Town Hall meeting, the puppet takes a question from Henrietta Hughes who says she is homeless and needs a house. Big Hollywood—The next day, the media was full of reports ‘Hughes had a house.’ Another miracle by the puppet! See, it’s working! Now if you greedy, nasty conservatives would just get on board, the singing of We Are the World could begin! But wait, it wasn’t the puppet or even the Blessed the puppet’s wife who got the house for Hughes. It wasn’t the Government bureaucrat or stimulus package that found the house for these poor folks, either. No, it was a nice lady named Chene Thompson, and who is Chene Thompson? Is she a ‘progressive’ who cares about her fellow Americans? Is she a Hollywood celebrity? Is she even a Democrat? No, Thompson is the wife of a Republican State Representative. [The press left that part of the story out so the Obamanator could part the seas.]

Troop Surge Hypocrisy
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet was very vocal about how awful troop surges were. He stood firm in demanding the Bush surge was a mistake and only admitted to Katie Couric that surges actually worked after a good deal of badgering by her. Now, that he isn’t playing politics on TV anymore and actually has the job [wonder if he realizes that yet?], he has suddenly changed his tune! The puppet Troop Surge in Afghanistan suddenly is a good idea! The MSM aren’t even talking about this. UPDATE—Feb. 20—Fox News followed our lead and did start talking about it!

Appointment Scandal—Louis Susman
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The U.K. Telegraph—the puppet has been embroiled in a cronyism row after reports that he intends to make Louis Susman, one of his biggest fundraisers, the new U.S. Ambassador in London. The selection of Susman, a lawyer and banker from the puppet’s hometown of Chicago, rather than an experienced Diplomat, raises new questions about the puppet’s commitment to the special relationship with Britain.

“Distractions” Lie
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet has denounced “distractions that keep everyone from focusing on significant issues.” The Weekly Standard—The puppet orders distractions for his own political gain—“…but his White House aides cause a huge controversy by calling Rush Limbaugh the leader of the Republican Party.”

Bipartisan Lie “I won.”
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Meghan Clyne (New York Post)—The puppet soared to victory on the hopeful promise of a new era of bipartisanship. During his Inaugural Address, he even promised an “end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics.” Listening to Republican concerns about overspending was a nice gesture—until he shut down any hopes of real dialogue by crassly telling Republican leaders—“I won.” [and advising them to stop listening to Rush Limbaugh.] And who could forget the Rush Limbaugh flap—in which the puppet’s top advisers, including Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, orchestrated a public relations campaign meant to undermine the RNC Chairman, Michael Steele, by framing talk-radio personality Limbaugh as the real head of the Republican Party.

Another Broken Promise on Iraq War
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Team puppet says it will remove troops from the battlefields in Iraq by August 2010—three months later than his promised 16-month withdrawal of all troops. That broken promise could cost 100 lives. The new the puppet word is that we won’t leave completely until 2011 sometime. That’s two to three years later than his promised “get out now” by the end of 2008 campaign talk. “The days of our open-ended commitment must come to a close,” he told the Senate, according to a Jan. 31, 2007 Washington Post article. Well, when he said he would get the troops out, he only meant he’d take troops actively involved in combat in certain areas on Tuesday afternoons out. Wpuppete have to leave a ‘residual’ force, we are told now. That force could be 50,000 troops strong and CodePink, MoveOn.org and top Democrats are royally pissed off about this one! The Pink-PanTers actually believed him when he said he would get the troops out of Iraq and end the war. UPDATE—Jun. 5—U.S. Socialist News and Liberal World Report: He also plans to leave tens of thousands of troops behind to train Iraqis, protect U.S. interests, and root out al Qaeda insurgents. Many antiwar Democrats backed the puppet in key primaries and caucuses last year because they believed he would end the war as soon as possible. Some of them are disappointed; others are angry.

Wall Street Executive Lie
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

KOA Radio reports that along with energy, tax and big Government lies, he had other false statements like…claiming he would never help “a single Wall Street executive” even though his bailouts did precisely that!

Healthcare Spending Lie
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

…and in a bizarre statement, he claimed using tax dollars to create a Socialist medicine program would reduce the deficit [he made no attempt to explain that.] UPDATE—May 3—the puppet—…the more we do on the (disease) prevention side, the more we can obtain serious savings down the road. If we’re making those investments, we will save huge amounts of money in the long term. Fox News says not so fast: …the New England Journal of Medicine cautioned that “sweeping statements about the cost-saving potential of prevention, however, are overreaching.” It said that “although some preventive measures do save money, the vast majority reviewed in the health economics literature do not.” And a study released in December (2008) by the Congressional Budget Office found that increasing preventive care “could improve people’s health but would probably generate either modest reductions in the overall costs of health care or increases in such spending within a 10-year budgetary time frame.”

Appointment Scandal—Third Pick for Commerce Broke Campaign Finance Laws
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Gary Locke was “fined a maximum $2,500 by State regulators after he admitted breaking campaign finance laws during two out-of-State fundraisers in 1996.” Even the puppet jokes about his appointments—I’m sure it’s not lost on anyone that we’ve tried this a couple of times. Locke was briefly implicated in the ‘96 Clinton-Chinese fund-raising scandal, returned some checks, and was cleared of wrong-doing.

2nd

Arizona (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Jan Brewer[R]
Timeline:
HCR2024—Senate Second Read                                             06/30/2009
HCR2024—Senate first Read; referred to Rules                                    06/29/2009
SCR1038—Passed Appropriations Committee Do Pass (Ayes—7, Nays—3, Not voting—1)               06/16/2009
SCR1038—Sent to Rules Committee; Appropriations; Vote Detail (Ayes—7, Nays—3, Not voting—1);
Second Read                            06/10/2009
HCR2024—Sent to Senate; Passed (Ayes—34, Nays—24, Excused—2)        06/10/2009
SCR1038—Appropriations                                      06/09/2009
HCR2024—Amendments Do pass                     04/14/2009
HCR2024—Passed both Minority/Majority Caucus                        02/24/2009
HCR2024—Passed Rules Committee Amended Constitutional and Proper form (Ayes—8, Nays—0)   02/23/2009
HCR2024—Do Pass (Ayes—6, Nays—3)               02/17/2009
HCR2024—Second Read                                        02/09/2009
HCR2024—First Read: Vote Detail (Ayes—6, Nays—3)—Government; (Ayes—8, Nays—0)—Rules  02/05/2009
SCR1038—First Read                                   02/02/2009

House of Representatives and Senate Forty-ninth Legislature, First Regular Session 2009
House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 2024
Sponsored by—Rep(s) Burges[R], Ash[R], Biggs[R], Boone[R], Gowan[R], Mason[R], Montenegro[R], Pancrazi[D], Seel[R], Williams[R], Campbell CL[D], Court[R], Crandall[R], Crump[R], Driggs[R], Fleming[D], Goodale[R], Hendrix[R], Kavanagh[R], Lesko[R], McComish[R], McGuire[D], Miranda[D], Murphy[R], Nichols[R], Pratt[R], Quelland[R], Stevens[R], Tobin[R], Weiers JP[R]; Sen(s) Harper[R]
Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1038
Sponsored by—Sen(s) Gould[R]

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION CLAIMING SOVEREIGNTY UNDER THE TENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES OVER CERTAIN POWERS, SERVING NOTICE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CEASE AND DESIST CERTAIN MANDATES AND PROVIDING THAT CERTAIN FEDERAL LEGISLATION BE PROHIBITED OR REPEALED.

Whereas, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows—”The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the State respectively, or to the people”; and Whereas, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and Whereas, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that  the federal government was created by the States specifically to be an agent of the States; and

Whereas, today, in 2009, the States are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and Whereas, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign State in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and Whereas, Article IV, section 4, United States Constitution, says in part, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”, and the Ninth Amendment states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and

Whereas, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the States; and Whereas, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.

Therefore Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Arizona, the House of Representatives concurring, that: 1. That the State of Arizona hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. 2. That this Resolution serves as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers. 3. That all compulsory federal legislation that directs States to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires States to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed. 4. That the Secretary of State of the State of Arizona transmit copies of this resolution to the puppet, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each State’s legislature and each Member of Congress from the State of Arizona.

3rd

Daschle Bows out Due to Tax ‘Problems’
conservativeoasis.com

Wait! So, does Nancy Killefer, who was to fill the newly created “Chief Performance Officer” position. Sen. Judd Gregg nominated for Secretary of Commerce. Barry had a busy day. Barry must work hard. But, please don’t hold your breath, yet…

Tax-Cheat Scandal-Appointment Scandal—Nancy Killefer—This is ridiculous
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The U.S.A. has elected an unqualified man with incredibly poor judgment as the puppet. You’d think after the first two tax-cheats he wanted to hire caused so much trouble, he might learn his lesson. Nope. Fox News—The administration had refused to answer how its choice [Nancy Killefer] to make Government workers more efficient and more responsive had bungled her household payroll taxes. She took herself out of the running for the puppet’s newly created “Chief Performance Officer” position. She failed for 18-months to pay employment taxes on household help.

4th

Signs S-Chip
conservativeoasis.com

One more Government program which will expand the leverage to obtain votes for big Government, i.e., the Democrats. Cancels leases on 100,000 acres worth of oil and gas projects, thus increasing our need to be “over there” spilling American blood “for oil” [as “they” put it], instead of getting our own. Begins to impose strict, sometimes punitive guidelines to companies who took bailout money. Many companies start saying “no thanks, we don’t want your money then.” This seems to create a quizzical look on the faces of many of us, who wonder why, if companies can simply say no and survive, if they really ever needed this “brilliant” stimulus plan?

Appointment Scandal—David Playboy Ogden
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet’s pick for Deputy Attorney General, David Ogden, gets blasted by Fidelis for his risque legal work for Playboy and others Fox News calls “purveyors of nudity.” Ogden represented Playboy and prevented a Federal court from releasing a list of distributors of what some said was pornographic material. From Tax-Cheats to Porn Defenders, this the puppet guy has a talent for picking the winners, eh?

Orgegon (Restoring Governor Power of State Militia)    Gov. John Kitzhaber[D]
Timeline:
Public Hearing Held                    03/11/2009
Referred to Rules                      02/10/2009
First Reading; referred to Speaker’s desk                 02/04/2009

75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY—2009 Regular Session
House Resolution (HR) 4
Sponsored by—Rep(s) Shields[D], Bailey[D], Dembrow[D], Kahl[D], Thompson[R], Tomei[D]

SUMMARY—The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Urges Governor to withhold deployment of Oregon National Guard to Iraq or Afghanistan.

HOUSE RESOLUTION—Whereas under section 8, Article I of the United States Constitution, Congress may call forth the militia to ‘execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions’; and Whereas federal law since 1933 has provided that persons enlisting in a State National Guard unit simultaneously enlist in the United States National Guard, a part of the United States Army, and that enlistees retain their status as State National Guard members unless and until ordered to active federal duty and then revert to State National Guard status upon being relieved from federal active duty; and

Whereas in 1986, Congress passed and the puppet of the United States signed the ‘Montgomery Amendment,’ which provides that a Governor cannot withhold consent with regard to active duty outside the United States because of any objection to the location, purpose, type or schedule of such duty; and Whereas under the United States Constitution each State’s National Guard unit is controlled by the Governor in times of peace, but can be called up for federal active duty by the President, provided that the President is acting pursuant to the Constitution and laws of the United States; and Whereas the War Powers Act of 1973 specifically limits the power of the President to wage war without the approval of Congress; and

Whereas in October 2002, Congress approved the Authorization for the Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 in response to the President’s request under the War Powers Act; and Whereas the 2002 resolution authorized the President to use the Armed Forces of the United States as he determines necessary and appropriate to defend the United States against a continuing threat posed by Iraq and to enforce all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and Whereas the earlier congressional Authorization for Use of Military Force of September 18, 2001, which launched the ‘War on Terror,’ has allowed the United States to occupy Iraq, conduct military operations in Afghanistan and attack targets in Somalia, Pakistan and elsewhere; and

Whereas the 2001 congressional authorization resulted in the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp, the use of undisclosed military holding sites in other parts of the world, the enactment of the USA PATRIOT Act and the use of military tribunals among other affronts to human, civil and constitutional rights; and Whereas if the intent of the 2002 congressional resolution was to enforce all current and future United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq, then the 2002 congressional resolution is too broad and could allow the National Guard to remain federalized indefinitely; and Whereas the 2001 congressional resolution also is overly broad and could be construed to allow the President to call up the National Guard again to go to Iraq, Afghanistan or any other country deemed part of the ‘War on Terror‘; and

Whereas the 2001 and 2002 congressional resolutions contain neither a termination date nor a process or procedure for determining when the authorization should terminate; and Whereas the United States Armed Forces, including members of the Oregon National Guard and National Guard members from other States, have long since addressed the purposes set forth in the 2002 congressional resolution; and Whereas Iraq does not pose a continuing threat to the national security of the United States and there is no extant United Nations Security Council resolution to be implemented for a continuing threat; and Whereas the President may not maintain the use of United States Armed Forces, and in particular members of the Oregon National Guard, in Iraq for purposes other than those set forth by Congress in the 2001 and 2002 congressional resolutions; and

Whereas without a specific date for withdrawal of United States Armed Forces or a method or formula for determining a time for withdrawal in the 2001 and 2002 congressional resolutions, and in the absence of federal legislation curing these omissions, the President is required to order the withdrawal of troops within a reasonable time and in a reasonable manner, but the puppet has taken no such action; and Whereas other than the 2001 and 2002 congressional resolutions, there is no authority under the Constitution or the laws of the United States for the continued presence of Oregon National Guard members in Iraq and Afghanistan; and Whereas the deployment of Oregon National Guard members in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond the scope set forth in either congressional resolution has resulted, and continues to result, in deaths, injuries and significant harm to Oregon National Guard members and their families as well as loss of time together and financial hardship; now, therefore, Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Oregon: That we, the members of the House of Representatives of the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly, urge the Governor to withhold deployment of the Oregon National Guard to Iraq or Afghanistan.

9th

Tax Cheat Scandal—Appointment Scandal—Hilda Solis’ Family
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet tells press he has “learned” you can’t have “two sets of standards.” He just learned that? Despite that nonsense, yet another tax scandal has popped up for the Obamanator. This guy has only been in office 16 days! Seems the husband of the puppet’s nominee for U.S. Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, has more than $7,600 in tax liens on his auto repair business. The puppet’s spokespal says they won’t punish her for her husband’s mistakes. UPDATE: KOA Radio—Solis made her own mistake when she lobbied for herself as a member of Congress, violating House ethics rules.

Appointment Scandal—Shauna Daly
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

The puppet misuses his power, appointing a 29-year old ‘Partisan Dirt Digger’ as a White House Counsel Research Director, another new position he added despite the tough economy. The Washington Times has an exclusive story about Shauna Daly—Though she is inside one of the most powerful legal offices, Daly holds no law degree and doesn’t list any legal training on her resume. Her sole experience has been as an opposition researcher for Democratic political campaigns—She helped dig up dirt on rivals. The move indicates an intention to use the White House Counsel’s office to keep [the puppet] in power by digging up more dirt on Sarah Palin and any other potential threats to his 2012 campaign.

First Televised News Conference
conservativeoasis.com

People begin to notice he is Max Headroom, a talking figure head who relies on the teleprompter to a degree no other so called slick talker ever has.

Oklahoma (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Brad Henry[D]
Timeline:
HJR1003—Senate Chamber—Brogdon moves to amend                   07/16/2009
HCR1028— Sent to Secretary of State                        05/14/2009
HCR1028—Passed the Senate                                     05/13/2009
HCR1028—PASSED House (73-22) (Ayes—73, Nays—22, Excused—6)         05/04/2009
HCR1028—Introduced                                  04/29/2009
HJR1003—Governor vetoed bill                            04/27/2009
HJR1003—The Joint Version passed the Senate (29-18)            04/15/2009
HJR1003—Engrossed                                   04/06/2009
HJR1003—Committee on Appropriations Do Pass               04/01/2009
HJR1003—Passed the Senate (29-18)                 03/04/2009
HJR1003—THIRD READING –PASSED the House  (Ayes—83, Nays—13, Excused—5)   02/18/2009
HJR1003—Introduced                     02/09/2009

OKLAHOMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Fifty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session
House Joint Resolution (HJR) 1003
Sponsored by—Rep(s) Key[R], Reynolds[R], Peterson[R], Faught[R], Tibbs[R], Sanders[R], Moore[R], Kern[R];
Sen(s) Brogdon[R], Newberry[R], Russell[R]
House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 1028
Sponsored by—Rep(s) Key[R], Duncan[R], Tibbs[R], Cooksey[R], Banz[R], Reynolds[R], Faught[R];
Sen(s) Brogdon[R], Russell[R]

A Concurrent Resolution claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”; and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states; and WHEREAS, today, in 2009, the states are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign state in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government”, and the Ninth Amendment states that ”The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the states; and WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 52ND OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN: THAT the State of Oklahoma hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. THAT this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers. THAT all compulsory federal legislation which directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed. THAT a copy of this resolution be distributed to the puppet, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each State’s legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Oklahoma Congressional Delegation.

10th

Senate passes Stimulus Package 61-37
conservativeoasis.com

Three Republicans vote for it. The puppet and Senate Democrats call this bi-partisan. Conservatives know better. Even NPR calls the Republican backing scant. Thus begins the dismantling of this Country’s economic and political future, expanding both the debt to future generations and Government backed jobs.

11th

Kansas (Declaring Tenth Amendment)       Gov.  Kathleen Sebelius[D]
Timeline:
SCR1615—Referred to Judiciary                   03/17/2009
SCR1615—Introduced                                                03/16/2009                   
SCR1609—Set Hearing for 3/20/2009                03/11/2009
SCR1609—Referred to Judiciary                            02/12/2009
SCR1609—Introduced                           02/11/2009

Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1609
Sponsored by—Pilcher-Cook[R]
Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 1615
Sponsored by—Sen(s) Pilcher-Cook[R], Abrams[R], Apple[R], Barnett[R], Brownlee[R], Bruce[R], Colyer[R], Donovan[R], Emler[R], Huelskamp[R], Kelsey[R], Lynn[R], Marshall[R], Masterson[R], McGinn[R], Morris[R], Ostmeyer[R], Petersen[R], Pyle[R], Schmidt D[R], Schodorf[R], Taddiken[R], Vratil[R], Wagle[R]

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION claiming sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over certain powers; serving notice to the federal government to cease and desist certain mandates; providing that certain federal legislation be prohibited or repealed; and directing distribution.

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the States for the specific purpose of being an agent of the States; and WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the States are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, Many federal laws are in direct violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign State in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and WHEREAS, Article IV, Section 4 says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,” and the Ninth Amendment states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.”; and WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the States; and WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States.

Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas, the House of Representatives concurring therein: That the State of Kansas hereby claims sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; Be it further resolved: That this serve as Notice and Demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; Be it further resolved: That all compulsory federal legislation which directs States to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires States to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and Be it further resolved: That a copy of this resolution be distributed to the puppet, the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate of each State’s legislature of the United States of America, and each member of the Kansas Congressional Delegation.

12th

Steals the Census
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

As the puppet tries to test the waters to see how much power he can steal in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his trial balloon about moving the control of the Census into the White House is creating yet another scandal in his first month in office. Fox News—Congressional Republicans say they’ll go to court against the puppet if he doesn’t scuttle his plan to move the Census into the purview of the Oval Office. But the administration says there is no such plan, even after apparently [and privately] assuring some Democratic members of Congress that there is. Statements issued by the White House have seemingly backed both points of view. [Gosh, that’s surprising (not)]. UPDATE—Mar. 18—The puppet’s ACORN community organizers will be recruiting the workers for the 2010 Census! So, the Democrat party’s ACORN, plagued with voter fraud problems already, will run a “fair” Census?

Speaks at Caterpillar plant.
conservativeoasis.com

In his speech, he claims that the stimulus is necessary, and will make it possible for the Caterpillar company to rehire some of the people they had laid off. The Caterpillar CEO counters this later in the day and says “No, more layoffs will likely be necessary even with the stimulus.”

Caterpillar, Inc. Hiring Lie
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Hot Air reports that quoted the puppet saying Cat would be hiring if his proposed Stimulus Bill gets passed, is not even close to being right! Cat CEO Jim Owens says, “I think realistically, no. The truth is we’re going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again.” Hot Air—Yesterday’s…headline is today’s comedy gold. Note the reason, too, why he can’t re-hire people right away—Because the stimulus simply won’t do any stimulating fast enough.

Georgia (Declaring Tenth Amendment)           Gov. Sonny Perdue[R]
Timeline:
SR632—Judiciary sub Committee; Landed on the General Calendar under Section 6 (Senate Legislation which cannot pass the House pursuant to Senate 4-2.10 (a); Third Read; Senate Passed/Adopted
RESOLUTION CALENDAR EXPRESSING THE WILL OF THE SENATE (Ayes—43, Nays—1, Not Voting—7, Excused—5)      04/01/2009
SR632—Committee Favorably Reported; Senate Read Second time       03/30/2009
HR773—Second Readers; Judiciary                       03/30/2009
HR773—First Readers                             03/26/2009
SR632—Read and Referred                             03/20/2009
SR327—Read Second Time; in Rules                        03/09/2009
SR327—Committee Favorably Reported             03/05/2009
HR492— Second Readers; Judiciary                         03/04/2009
HR492—First Readers                                                03/03/2009
HR470—Second Readers; Judiciary Comm.                  02/26/2009
HR470—First Readers                                                   02/25/2009
SR327—Senate Read and Referred Judiciary            02/19/2009
HR280—Second Readers; Judiciary Comm                     02/17/2009
HR280—First Readers                                02/12/2009

House Resolution (HR) 280
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Scott[R], Benton[R], Jerguson[R], England[R], Allison[R], Weldon[R]
Senate Resolution (SR) 327
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Pearson[R], Rogers[R], Williams[R], Wiles[R], Mullis[R], Heath[R]
House Resolution (HR) 470
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Franklin[R], Loudermilk[R], Reese[R], Setzler[R], Hatfield[R], Horne[R]
House Resolution (HR) 492
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Horne[R], Bearden[R], Franklin[R], Reese[R], Cox[R], Byrd[R]
House Resolution (HR) 773
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Rice[R]
Senate Resolution (SR) 632
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Pearson[R], Rogers[R], Williams[R], Wiles[R], Mullis[R], Seabaugh[R]
ADOPTED SENATE
A RESOLUTION

Affirming states’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, the Ninth Amendment of the United States Constitution states “[t]he enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people” and the Tenth Amendment states “[t]he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that this body reaffirms the principles of government expressed by Thomas Jefferson in a resolution written for the Kentucky legislature in 1798 stating that the several States composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their General Government; but that, by a compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States, and of amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, —delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving, each State to itself, the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force; that to this compact each State acceded as a State, and is an integral party, its co-States forming, as to itself, the other party:  that the government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that, as in all other cases of compact among powers having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions as of the mode and measure of redress; and That the Constitution of the United States, having delegated to Congress a power to punish treason, counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States, piracies, and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the law of nations, slavery, and no other crimes whatsoever; and it being true as a general principle, and one of the amendments to the Constitution having also declared, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people,” therefore all acts of Congress which assume to create, define, or punish crimes, other than those so enumerated in the Constitution are altogether void, and of no force; and that the power to create, define, and punish such other crimes is reserved, and, of right, appertains solely and exclusively to the respective States, each within its own territory; and

That it is true as a general principle, and is also expressly declared by one of the amendments to the Constitution, that “the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people;” and that no power over the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or freedom of the press being delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, all lawful powers respecting the same did of right remain, and were reserved to the States or the people: that thus was manifested their determination to retain to themselves the right of judging how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom, and how far those abuses which cannot be separated from their use should be tolerated, rather than the use be destroyed. And thus also they guarded against all abridgment by the United States of the freedom of religious opinions and exercises, and retained to themselves the right of protecting the same. And that in addition to this general principle and express declaration, another and more special provision has been made by one of the amendments to the Constitution, which expressly declares, that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press”: thereby guarding in the same sentence, and under the same words, the freedom of religion, of speech, and of the press: insomuch, that whatever violated either, throws down the sanctuary which covers the others, and that libels, falsehood, and defamation, equally with heresy and false religion, are withheld from the cognizance of federal tribunals. That, therefore, all acts of Congress of the United States which do abridge the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, are not law, but are altogether void, and of no force; and

That the construction applied by the General Government (as is evidenced by sundry of their proceedings) to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate to Congress a power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imports, and excises, to pay the debts, and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States,” and “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof,” goes to the destruction of all limits prescribed to their power by the Constitution: that words meant by the instrument to be subsidiary only to the execution of limited powers, ought not to be so construed as themselves to give unlimited powers, nor a part to be so taken as to destroy the whole residue of that instrument: that the proceedings of the General Government under color of these articles, will be a fit and necessary subject of revisal and correction; and

That a committee of conference and correspondence be appointed, which shall have as its charge to communicate the preceding resolutions to the Legislatures of the several States; to assure them that this State continues in the same esteem of their friendship and union which it has manifested from that moment at which a common danger first suggested a common union:  that it considers union, for specified national purposes, and particularly to those specified in their federal compact, to be friendly to the peace, happiness and prosperity of all the States: that faithful to that compact, according to the plain intent and meaning in which it was understood and acceded to by the several parties, it is sincerely anxious for its preservation: that it does also believe, that to take from the States all the powers of self-government and transfer them to a general and consolidated government, without regard to the special delegations and reservations solemnly agreed to in that compact, is not for the peace, happiness or prosperity of these States; and that therefore this State is determined, as it doubts not its co-States are, to submit to undelegated, and consequently unlimited powers in no man, or body of men on earth: that in cases of an abuse of the delegated powers, the members of the General Government, being chosen by the people, a change by the people would be the constitutional remedy; but, where powers are assumed which have not been delegated, a nullification of the act is the rightful remedy: that every State has a natural right in cases not within the compact, (casus non foederis), to nullify of their own authority all assumptions of power by others within their limits: that without this right, they would be under the dominion, absolute and unlimited, of whosoever might exercise this right of judgment for them: that nevertheless, this State, from motives of regard and respect for its co-States, has wished to communicate with them on the subject: that with them alone it is proper to communicate, they alone being parties to the compact, and solely authorized to judge in the last resort of the powers exercised under it, Congress being not a party, but merely the creature of the compact, and subject as to its assumptions of power to the final judgment of those by whom, and for whose use itself and its powers were all created and modified: that if the acts before specified should stand, these conclusions would flow from them: that it would be a dangerous delusion were a confidence in the men of our choice to silence our fears for the safety of our rights: that confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism—free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy and not confidence which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power: that our Constitution has accordingly fixed the limits to which, and no further, our confidence may go. In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.

That this State does therefore call on its co-States for an expression of their sentiments on acts not authorized by the federal compact. And it doubts not that their sense will be so announced as to prove their attachment unaltered to limited government, whether general or particular. And that the rights and liberties of their co-States will be exposed to no dangers by remaining embarked in a common bottom with their own. That they will concur with this State in considering acts as so palpably against the Constitution as to amount to an undisguised declaration that that compact is not meant to be the measure of the powers of the General Government, but that it will proceed in the exercise over these States, of all powers whatsoever: that they will view this as seizing the rights of the States, and consolidating them in the hands of the General Government, with a power assumed to bind the States, not merely as the cases made federal, (casus foederis,) but in all cases whatsoever, by laws made, not with their consent, but by others against their consent: that this would be to surrender the form of government we have chosen, and live under one deriving its powers from its own will, and not from our authority; and that the co-States, recurring to their natural right in cases not made federal, will concur in declaring these acts void, and of no force, and will each take measures of its own for providing that neither these acts, nor any others of the General Government not plainly and intentionally authorized by the Constitution, shall be exercised within their respective territories; and That the said committee be authorized to communicate by writing or personal conferences, at any times or places whatever, with any person or person who may be appointed by any one or more co-States to correspond or confer with them; and that they lay their proceedings before the next session of the General Court.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any Act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States of America or Judicial Order by the Judicatories of the United States of America which assumes a power not delegated to the government of the United States of America by the Constitution for the United States of America and which serves to diminish the liberty of the any of the several States or their citizens shall constitute a nullification of the Constitution for the United States of America by the government of the United States of America. Acts which would cause such a nullification include, but are not limited to:

I. Establishing martial law or a state of emergency within one of the States comprising the United States of America without the consent of the legislature of that State.

II. Requiring involuntary servitude, or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war, or pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.

III. Requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of 18 other than pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law.

IV. Surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government.

V. Any act regarding religion; further limitations on freedom of political speech; or further limitations on freedom of the press.

VI. Further infringements on the right to keep and bear arms including prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition; and

That should any such act of Congress become law or Executive Order or Judicial Order be put into force, all powers previously delegated to the United States of America by the Constitution for the United States shall revert to the several States individually. Any future government of the United States of America shall require ratification of three quarters of the States seeking to form a government of the United States of America and shall not be binding upon any State not seeking to form such a government. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the puppet, each member of the United States Congress.

Minnesota (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Tim Pawlenty[R]
Timeline:
SF1289—Introduced; First Reading; Referred to Judiciary  03/09/2009
HF0997—Author added: McNamara, Hacbarth                  03/09/2009
HF0997—Authors added: Eastlund, Garofalo                   03/05/2009
HF0997—Authors added: Nornes, Kelly, Howes, Gunther, Dean, Peppin, Brod    03/02/2009
HF0997—Authors added: Westrom, Abeler, Zellers, Demmer, Anderson    02/26/2009
HF0997—Authors added: Downey, Beard, Buesgens, Kiffmeyer                  02/23/2009
HF0998—Introduction and first reading                              02/19/2009
HF0997— Introduction and first reading; Referred to State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections 02/19/2009
SF0592—Introduction and first reading; Referred to State and Local Government Operations and Oversight 02/12/2009

House File (HF) 0997
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Seifert[R], Gottwalt[R], Smith[R], Severson[R], Dettmer[R], Drazkowski[R], Davids[R], Lanning[R], Anderson B[R], Anderson S[R], Shimanski[R], Scott[R], Torkelson[R], Hamilton[R], Loon[R], Downey[R], Beard[R], Buesgens[R], Kiffmeyer[R], Westrom[R], Abeler[R], Zellers[R], Demmer[R], Anderson P[R], Nornes[R], Kelly[R], Howes[R], Gunther[R], Dean[R], Peppin[R], Brod[R], Eastlund[R], Garofalo[R], McNamara[R]
Senate File (SF) 1289
86th Legislative Session (2009-2010)
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Gerlach[R], Hann[R], Michel[R], Koch[R], Limmer[R]

A resolution memorializing the federal government to halt its practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States and affirming Minnesota’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people;” and WHEREAS, the Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that  specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and WHEREAS, the scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the States specifically to be an agent of the States; and WHEREAS, today, in 2009, the States are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, many federal mandates are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that Congress may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the States; and WHEREAS, a number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from Congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States;

NOW, THEREFORE, S.F. No. 1289, as introduced —86th Legislative Session (2009-2010) [09-2271] BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of Minnesota that it urges the puppet and the Congress of the United States to halt the federal government’s practice of imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States, and that it affirms Minnesota’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State of the State of Minnesota is directed to prepare copies of this memorial and transmit them to the puppet, the President and the Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, the chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, the chair of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Minnesota’s Senators and Representatives in Congress.

Oregon (End Partnership of North America)          Gov.Ted Kulongoski[D]
Timeline:
In committee upon adjournment                                           06/29/2009
Referred to Education and General Government.                           02/19/2009
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President’s desk.                   02/12/2009
75th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY—2009 Regular Session
Senate Joint Memorial (SJM) 6
Sponsored by: COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE AND VETERANS AFFAIRS

SUMMARY

The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Urges Congress to end United States participation in Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and other multilateral agreements that bypass Congress or threaten United States sovereignty.

JOINT MEMORIAL—To the puppet and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled: We, your memorialists, the Seventy-fifth Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon, in legislative session assembled, respectfully represent as follows: Whereas the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, launched in March 2005, as a partnership with Mexico and Canada, aims to integrate United States laws with Mexican and Canadian laws on a broad range of issues, from agriculture to open borders; and Whereas this trilateral partnership has never been presented to Congress as an agreement or a treaty or for public debate; and

Whereas the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America has had virtually no Congressional oversight and violates section 1, Article I, and section 2, Article II of the United States Constitution, by usurping power delegated to Congress and bypassing Congress; and Whereas requests made under the Freedom of Information Act have produced thousands of pages of information from the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America office in the United States Department of Commerce that prove that our government has cooperated with Mexico and Canada on a broad range of policy issues, is rewriting United States laws and is appointing ministers without public disclosure or Congressional approval; and

Whereas documents and information posted on government websites indicate that a wide range of Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America ministers from the United States Departments of State, Commerce, Homeland Security, Energy, the Treasury, Agriculture, Transportation and Health and Human Services are actively harmonizing and integrating United States administrative regulations with the administrative regulations of Mexico and Canada; and Whereas State and local governments throughout this country might be negatively impacted by provisions of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America, such as the increasing openness of the borders of the United States, which could result in increased law enforcement problems; and Whereas United States policy, not foreign consortiums, should be used to control our national borders and to ensure that this country’s national security is not compromised; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Oregon: (1) The Congress of the United States of America is respectfully requested to strongly consider NOTE: Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted. New sections are in boldfaced type ending United States participation in the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America and to reject participation in any other bilateral or multilateral partnerships that bypass Congress or compromise the sovereignty of the United States. (2) A copy of this memorial shall be sent to the puppet, to the Senate Majority Leader, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to each member of the Oregon Congressional Delegation.

South Carolina (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Mark Sanford[R]
Timeline:
S424—Scrivener’s error corrected                         05/20/2009
S424—Amendment 6—adopted; Amendment 3 (Ayes—35, Nays—6); Amendment 5—adopted (Ayes—28, Nays—17); Amendment 9—adopted; Amendment 10—failed (Ayes—11, Nays—31); Motion Under Rule 15A Failed—failed (Ayes—22, Nays—22); Senator Hutton addresses with President Presiding; Second Vote on Motion—adopted (Ayes—22, Nays—21); Amended           05/19/2009
H3509—Senate recalled from Committee on Judiciary                05/14/2009
S424—Special order, set for April 14, 2009                                   04/14/2009
S424—Amended; Committee Amendment Adopted                     04/02/2009
S424—Committee report: Majority favorable with amend, minority unfavorable Judiciary          03/11/2009
H3509—Senate referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Rankin, Hutto, Bright, Davis        03/05/2009
H3509— Senate introduced; referred to Committee on Judiciary                      03/03/2009
H3509—Added : Littlejohn, J.R.Smith, Hiott, Erickson; Adopted, sent to Senate       02/26/2009
H3509—Added : Cato; Scrivener’s error corrected                           02/25/2009
H3509—Added : Horne, Wylie, Huggins, Allison, Parker, A.D.Young, Millwood, Simrill, Willis, Herbkersman;
Committee report: Favorable Invitations                                  02/24/2009
S424—Referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Rankin, Hutto, Bright, Davis          02/19/2009
H3509—Added: Clemmons                                      02/19/2009
H3509—Added: Haley                                        02/18/2009
S424—Introduced; first reading; referred to committee on Judiciary           02/12/2009
H3509—Introduced; referred to Committee on Invitations               02/12/2009

South Carolina General Assembly, 118th Session, 2009-2010
House (H) 3509
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Pitts M[R], Duncan[R], Thompson[R], Bowen[D], Toole[R], Stringer[R], Hamilton[R], Pinson[R], Bedingfield[R],
Smith GR[R], Cooper[R], Crawford[R], Long[R], Lowe[R], Nanney[R], Owens[R], Pitts E[R], Rice[R], Viers[R], White[R], Haley[R], Clemmons[R], Horne[R], Wylie[R], Huggins[R], Allison[R], Parker[R], Young A[R], Millwood[R], Simrill[R], Willis[R], Herbkersman[R], Cato[R], Littlejohn[R], Smith JR[R], Hiott[R], Erickson[R]
Senate (S) 424
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Bright[R], Martin S[R], Alexander[R], Campbell[R], Fair[R], Knotts[R], Cromer[R], Mulvaney[R],Verdin[R], Martin L[R], Shoopman[R], Rose[R], McConnell[R], Thomas[R], Cleary[R], Courson[R], Coleman[D], Davis[R], Reese[D], Campsen[R], Grooms[R], Ryberg[R], Peeler[R], O’Dell[R], Bryant[R], Massey[R]

A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION—TO AFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF ALL STATES INCLUDING SOUTH CAROLINA BASED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE NINTH AND TENTH AMENDMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION.

Whereas, the South Carolina General Assembly declares that the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State, and shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right pertaining thereto, which is not expressly delegated by them to the United States of America in the congress assembled; and Whereas, some States when ratifying the Constitution for the United States of America recommended as a change, “that it be explicitly declared that all powers not expressly and particularly delegated by the aforesaid are reserved to the several States to be by them exercised”; and Whereas, these recommended changes were incorporated as the Ninth Amendment, where the enumeration of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people, and as the Tenth Amendment, where the powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people; and

Whereas, the several states of the United States of America, through the Constitution and the amendments thereto, constituted a general government for special purposes and delegated to that government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself, the residuary right to their own self government. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring: That the General Assembly of South Carolina, based on the above principles and provisions, hereby declares by this resolution, that any act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States, or Judicial Order by the federal courts which assumes a power not delegated to the government of the United States of America by the Constitution and which serves to diminish the liberty of any of the several States or their citizens shall abridge the Constitution.  The General Assembly further declares that acts which would cause such an abridgment include, but are not limited to:

(1) establishing martial law or a State of emergency within one of the States comprising the United States of America without the consent of the legislature of that State; (2) requiring involuntary servitude, or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war, or pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law; (3) requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of eighteen other than pursuant to, or as an alternative to, incarceration after due process of law; (4) surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government;

(5) any act regarding religion, further limitations on freedom of political speech, or further limitations on freedom of the press; and further infringements on the right to keep and bear arms including prohibitions of type or quantity of arms or ammunition. (6) Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the United States Senate, the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the South Carolina Congressional Delegation.

13th

Sneaks Money to ACORN
by Peter Andrew, conservativeamerican.org

Republican John Boehner reveals the puppet sneaks money into the Deficit Stimulus Plan for his Democrat partisan pals at ACORN for neighborhood “stabilization.” [Creating more Democrat voters makes a neighborhood more “stable” I guess]

House passes Stimulus Bill
conservativeoasis.com

This is done in a rushed, unscreened manner. Almost 1100 pages, voted on within hours of compromise. This is in violation of the puppet’s promise that every bill will have ample time for scrutiny both by the members of Congress and the public. Apparently, the broken promise is due to the extremely urgent matter that the bill addresses, implying that days, maybe even hours, could make the difference. But the rush disappears immediately after passage, and the puppet signs it four days later. Judd Gregg withdraws amidst concern that the Census will be mismanaged, as well as his dismay regarding the stimulus and other economic policy that had been implied. [This is the beginning of the end of the promise of bipartisanship.]

14th

Unprecedented Transparency—Broken Promises
by Peter Andrew—conservativeamerican.org

Extremist Radical the puppet promises unprecedented transparency in his new administration…while at the same time hiding the contents of the puppet’s Debt Stimulus Plan from the public. After promising at least 48 hours for everyone to see the text of the bill, it is rammed through the House and Senate in secrecy within a few short hours. This puppet makes a practice of saying one thing and doing another.…said meetings where laws are written will be more open to the public…said there would be no more secrecy (republicans didn’t even get to see the bill!) UPDATE—February 25—the puppet’s staff requires secrecy oaths on defense budget team.…promised public would have 5 days to look at the bill UPDATE—April 22—Major Garrett at Fox reports a top the puppet Adviser “conceded the puppet had not lived up to his promise to post legislation for five days on the Internet before signing it…the adviser said the White House will try to improve, but conceded it’s broken that promise. On the campaign trail, the puppet made this pledge— ‘When there is a bill that ends up on my desk as a president, you the public will have five days to look online and find out what’s in it before I sign it, so that you know what your government’s doing.’ The stimulus bill, a pay equity bill, a bill expanding children’s health insurance, the omnibus spending bill funding the remainder of the 2009 budget and a public lands bill were all signed before the final version was posted for public review for five days.”

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Iowa (Budget)        Gov. Chet Culver[D] They propose an Amendment here
Timeline:
Subcommittee: Horn, Black, Feenstra             02/18/2009
Introduced, referred to State Government                     02/17/2009

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION (SJR) 3
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Kreiman[D]

A Joint Resolution requesting the Congress of the United States to submit to the States for ratification a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution.

WHEREAS, with each passing year this nation becomes deeper in debt as federal government expenditures repeatedly exceed available revenues, so that the federal budget deficits for FY 2007 and FY 2008 were $161.5 billion and $455 billion, respectively, and the budget deficit for FY 2009 is estimated to be $1.186 trillion; and WHEREAS, knowledgeable planning, fiscal prudence, and plain good sense require that the federal budget should not be manipulated to present the appearance of being in balance while, in fact, federal indebtedness continues to grow; and WHEREAS, believing that fiscal irresponsibility at the federal level, which is resulting in a lower standard of living and endangering economic opportunity now and for the next generation, is a great threat which faces our nation; and

WHEREAS, Thomas Jefferson recognized the importance of a balanced budget when he wrote, “The question whether one generation has the right to bind another by the deficit it imposes is a question of such consequence as to place it among the fundamental principles of government.  We should consider ourselves unauthorized to saddle posterity with our debts, and morally bound to pay them ourselves”; and WHEREAS, the principal functions of the Constitution of the United States include promoting the broadest principles of a government of, by, and for the people; setting forth the most fundamental responsibilities of government; and enumerating and limiting the powers of the government to protect the basic rights of the people; and WHEREAS, the federal government’s unlimited ability to borrow  involves decisions of such magnitude, with such potentially profound consequences for the nation and its people, today and in the future, that it is appropriately a subject for limitation by the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, under Article V of the Constitution of the United States, a constitutional amendment may be proposed by Congress, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the States, Congress shall call a constitutional convention for the purpose of proposing an amendment, which, in either case, shall become part of the Constitution of the United States when ratified by three-fourths of the States;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: That the Congress of the United States is hereby petitioned to propose an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for submission to the States for ratification, to require in the absence of a national emergency that the total of all federal appropriations made by Congress for any fiscal year not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That, alternatively, pursuant to Article V of the Constitution of the United States, the General Assembly, as the Legislature of the State of Iowa, makes application to the Congress of the United States to call a convention for the specific and exclusive purpose of proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States, for submission to the states for ratification, to require in the absence of a national emergency that the total of all federal appropriations made by Congress for any fiscal year not exceed the total of all estimated federal revenues for that fiscal year. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if, within sixty days after the legislatures of two-thirds of the States make application for such convention, Congress proposes and submits to the States for ratification an amendment to the Constitution of the United States which requires a balanced federal budget in a manner substantially similar to the manner contained in this Joint Resolution, then this application for a convention shall no longer be of any force and effect.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if the convention is not limited to the specific and exclusive purposes of this Joint Resolution, this application and request shall be null and void, and shall be rescinded and of no effect. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States, until at least two-thirds of the legislatures of the several States have made application for a similar convention under Article V, or the Congress has proposed the amendment called for by this Joint Resolution, or the General Assembly acts to withdraw this application. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State shall transmit certified copies of this Joint Resolution to the puppet and Secretary of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives, each member of the Iowa delegation to the Congress, and the presiding officer of each house of each State legislature in the United States.

EXPLANATION—This joint resolution constitutes a petition to the Congress of the United States to propose a constitutional amendment to require, in the absence of a national emergency, a balanced federal budget. Alternatively, the resolution is an application to the Congress from the State of Iowa, as required by Article V of the Constitution of the United States, calling upon Congress to convene a constitutional convention concerning the proposed amendment.

Montana (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Brain Schweitzer[D]
Timeline:
HR3—Return with end house amendments; transmittal date; died in Process  04/28/2009
HJ26—Died in Standing Committee               04/28/2009
HR3—Scheduled second reading; Judiciary Committee Report—Bill Passed as Amended (Ayes—10, Nays—8); second reading pass motion failed (Ayes—50, Nays—50)         04/22/2009
HR3—Scheduled second Reading; Judiciary Committee Report—Bill Passed as Amended (Ayes—11, Nays—7); referred back to Judiciary        04/21/2009
HR3—Judiciary Hearing               04/15/2009
HR3—Introduced; referred to Judiciary Committee; first reading; introduced electronically  04/08/2009
HJ26—Return with 2^nd house amendments         04/02/2009
HJ26—Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal              02/26/2009
HJ26—Motion Failed                    (Ayes—51, Nays—49)                 02/24/2009
HJ26—Referred to Judiciary Committee; first reading; Judiciary Hearing Committee Vote Failed; Remains in Judiciary Committee (Ayes—9, Nays—9)                                       02/23/2009
HJ26—Introduced; bill text available electronically                   02/17/2009
61st Legislature House Joint (HJ) 26
Sponsored by: Rep(s) More[R]
House Resolution (HR) 3
Sponsored by: Rep(s) More[R], Peterson[R]

A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA ARTICULATING THE RIGHTS OF THE STATE OF MONTANA AND OF THE SEVERAL STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the State of Montana declares and secures that the people of this State have the sole and exclusive right to govern themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent State; and WHEREAS, that right may never be delegated to the United States; and WHEREAS, the Montana Constitution documents that in 1889 the people of Montana agreed to form a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or State, by the name of “The State of Montana”; and WHEREAS, the people of the State of Montana agree that all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the United States Constitution must be reserved to and exercised by individual States; and

WHEREAS, when Montana entered into statehood in 1889, that entrance was accomplished by a contract between Montana and the several States, with Congress and the President concurring and acting as the agent for the several States. That contract is known as the “Compact with the United States”, archived as Article I of the Montana Constitution; and WHEREAS, the sovereignty of those individual tribal governments of American Indians currently existing within the State of Montana is likewise guaranteed by that same Compact with the United States; and WHEREAS, a contract, compact, or treaty must be implemented consistent with the terms and understandings in place at the time it was entered into; and WHEREAS, the protection of these States’ rights is enumerated in amendments to the United States Constitution, which state that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”; and WHEREAS, this resolution follows and expands into principle the position Montana established in its 60^th legislative session when it rejected the federally mandated “Real ID” as an unwarranted assumption of federal power and as an unacceptable incursion into the right to privacy that the people of Montana have reserved to  themselves in the Montana Constitution.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF 61st Legislature HR0003.03 MONTANA: (1) That the several States of the United States are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to general government, but by ratifying the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights the several States constituted a general government for special purposes and delegated to that government certain definite powers, while reserving all other rights. (2) That when the general government assumes undelegated powers, its IT acts in excess of its authority are void and of no force. (3) That the government created by the United States Constitution was not granted the authority to determine the extent of the powers delegated to itself because such a grant of authority would have made the discretion of Congress and not the United States Constitution, and the limitations contained in the Constitution, the measure of Congress’s powers. (4) That the several States delegated to Congress via the United States Constitution a power to punish treason, counterfeiting of the securities and current coin of the United States, piracies, felonies committed on the high seas, offenses against the law of nations, slavery, and no other crimes.

(5) That all acts of Congress that assume to create, define, or punish crimes other than those enumerated in the United States Constitution are void and of no force. (6) That the power to create, define, and punish other crimes is reserved to the States. (7) That the power of the federal government over individual liberties is restricted and the power is  reserved by the States to determine whether liberties may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom and how far those abuses that cannot be separated from their use should be tolerated, rather than allowing the use to be destroyed. (8) That States retain the right of protecting all freedoms of individual persons from federal incursion. (9) That any acts of Congress that abridge protected individual freedoms are not law and are void. (10) That excessive exercise of those parts of the United States Constitution by the federal government that delegate to Congress a power “to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises to pay the debts and provide for the common defense and general welfare of the United States” and “to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper” to regulate “commerce among the States” or that declare federal laws to be  ultimately supreme has served to destroy the limits of power imposed on Congress by its creators, the several States.

(11) That those powers given to Congress in the United States Constitution detailed above have been 61st Legislature HR0003.03 amended, modified, and limited by the Ninth and Tenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. (12) That if Montana accepts these inappropriate applications of power and continues to allow Congress to exercise unbridled authority, it would be surrendering its own form of government, its sovereign power, and its responsibility to its citizens. (13) That the people of this state will not accept undelegated and consequently unlimited powers assumed by the federal government. (14) That every State has a right to ignore or reject all unwarranted assumptions of power by other entities within its boundaries and that without this right, States and sovereign tribes would become mere administrative subdivisions of their intended servant, the federal government that the States created.

(15) That this State calls on the other several States for an expression of their sentiments on acts of the federal government not authorized by the United States Constitution. (16) That the rights and liberties of Montana, its tribal governments, and Montana citizens and of the other several States must be protected from any dangers by declaring that Congress is limited by the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights. (17) That any act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States, or Judicial Order of the United States that assumes a power not delegated by the United States Constitution and diminishes the liberty of this State or its citizens constitutes a breach of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights by the government of the United States, which would also breach Montana’s “Compact With the United States.” Acts that would cause such a breach include but are not limited to:

(a) establishing martial law or a state of emergency within a State without the consent of the legislature of that State (b) moving federal military personnel or units into a State without the consent of the legislature of that State or with the intent to enforce federal laws or to assert the supremacy of the federal government; (c) requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war or  pursuant to or as an alternative to incarceration after due process of law; (d) requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of 18 years, other than pursuant to or as an alternative to incarceration after due process of law; (e) surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government.

(18) That if any act of Congress becomes law or if an Executive Order of the President of the United States or Judicial Order of the United States is put into force beyond the reservations expressed in this resolution, 61st Legislature OR IF ANY TREATY IS ENTERED INTO BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT NULLIFIES THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLE OF MONTANA AS EXPRESSED IN THE UNITED STATES OR MONTANA CONSTITUTIONS, Montana’s “Compact With the United States” may be considered breached and all powers previously delegated to the United States via the United States Constitution revert to the States individually. (19) That any future federal government of the United States shall require ratification of three-fourths of the States seeking to form a federal government and shall not be binding upon any State not seeking to form or join a federal government. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Secretary of State send a copy of this resolution to the puppet, to each member of the United States Congress, and to the Secretary of State of each of the other several States and territories of the United States.

Texas (Declaring Tenth Amendment) Gov. Rick Perry[R]
Timeline:
SCR35—Received from the House (Ayes—10, Nays—5)         05/31/2009
HCR50—House Passed               05/31/2009
HCR50—Laid before House; amended, adopted (Ayes—99, Nays—36, not voting—4); Reported engrossed     05/30/2009
HCR50—Placed on Resolutions Calendar          05/23/2009
HCR50—Considered in Calendar                  05/21/2009
HCR50—Considered in formal meeting; reported favorably w/o amendments; comm. report Filed with committee coordinator; report sent to calendar       05/20/2009
HCR50—Laid before the House; Point of order sustained, returned to State Affairs               05/19/2009
HCR50—Considered in Calendars                       05/08/2009
HCR50—Comm. Reported                                         04/24/2009
HCR50—Considered in formal meeting; reported favorable w/o amendments             04/23/2009
HCR50—Considered in Public Hearing; Testimony taken/registration recorded in comm.; Left pending in Comm.   04/21/2009
SCR35—Co-author authorized 04/17/2009
SCR39—Co-author authorized 04/15/2009
SCR39—Read first time; referred to State Affairs                03/13/2009
SCR35—Read first time; referred to State Affairs                03/13/2009
SCR39—Received by the Secretary of the Senate; Filed                                     03/04/2009
SCR35—Received by the Secretary of the Senate; Filed             03/02/2009
HCR76—Referred to State Affairs                                  03/02/2009
HCR66—Referred to State Affairs                  03/02/2009
HCR76—Filed                                                               02/26/2009
HCR66—Filed                                                 02/23/2009
HCR50—Referred to State Affairs                     02/23/2009
HCR50—Filed                                               02/17/2009

House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 50
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Creighton[R], Hughes[R], Berman[R], Gattis[R], Guillen[D], Anderson[R], Aycock[R], Bohac[R], Bonnen[R], Branch[R], Brown B[R], Brown F[R], Button[R], Callegari[R]. Chisum[R], Christian[R], Cook[R], Corte[R], Crabb[R], Craddick[R], Crownover[R], Darby[R], Davis J[R], Driver[R], Eissler[R], Elkins[R], Farabee[D], Fletcher[R], Flynn[R], Geren[R], Hamilton[R], Hancock[R], Hardcastle[R], Harless[R], Harper-Brown[R], Hartnett[R], Hilderbran[R], Hopson[D], Howard C[R], Hunter[R], Jackson[R], Jones[R], Keffer[R], King P[R], King S[R], King TO[D], Kleinschmidt[R], Kolkhorst[R], Kuempel[R], Laubenberg[R], Legler[R], Lewis[R], Lucio III[D], Madden[R], McReynolds[D], Merritt[R], Miller D[R], Miller S[R], Morrison[R], Orr[R], Otto[R], Parker[R], Patrick[R], Paxton[R], Pena[D], Phillips[R], Riddle[R], Sheffield[R], Shelton[R], Smith W[R], Smithee[R], Swinford[R], Taylor[R], Truitt[R], Weber[R], Zerwas[R]

House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 66
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Berman[R], Jones[R]
House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 76
Sponsored by: Rep(s) Berman[R], Flynn[R], Anderson[R], Riddle[R], Brown B[R]
Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 35
Sponsored by: Sen(s) Nichols[R], Patrick[R], Nelson[R]

Senate Concurrent Resolution (SCR) 39Sponsored by: Sen(s) Hegar[R], Nelson[R]
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Each Member of the Legislature feels great pride in being a citizen of the United States of America, which includes the right of citizens to petition their government for redress of grievances; and WHEREAS, All Texans have benefited from this State’s participation in the unique experience in democracy that first began on a field in Lexington, Massachusetts, and called the United States of America; and WHEREAS, Countless Texans have served in the Armed Forces of the United States with the brave sons and daughters of all our sister States to protect our State, our nation, and our union, and many of them gave the last full measure of devotion by offering their lives to preserve that union; and WHEREAS, Each member of the legislature has sworn a solemn oath to defend our national union; and

WHEREAS, Each day, millions of Texans assemble in churches, synagogues, schools, arenas, fields, and homes to pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and the one nation, indivisible, for which that flag stands; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment defines the total scope of federal power as being that specifically granted by the Constitution of the United States and no more; and

WHEREAS, The scope of power defined by the Tenth Amendment means that the federal government was created by the States specifically to be an agent of the States; and WHEREAS, Today, in 2009, the States are demonstrably treated as agents of the federal government; and WHEREAS, Many federal laws are directly in violation of the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment assures that we, the people of the United States of America and each sovereign State in the Union of States, now have, and have always had, rights the federal government may not usurp; and WHEREAS, Section 4, Article IV, of the Constitution says, “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government,” and the Ninth Amendment states that “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people”; and

WHEREAS, The United States Supreme Court has ruled in New York v. United States, 112 S. Ct. 2408 (1992), that the Congress of the United States may not simply commandeer the legislative and regulatory processes of the States; and WHEREAS, A number of proposals from previous administrations and some now pending from the present administration and from congress may further violate the Constitution of the United States; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, the senate concurring, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas reaffirms the pride of all Texans in both our one and indivisible national union and in our one and indivisible State and the common heritage of both; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the 81st Legislature of the State of Texas hereby claim sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States; and, be it further RESOLVED, That this serve as notice and demand to the federal government, as our agent, to cease and desist, effective immediately, mandates that are beyond the scope of these constitutionally delegated powers; and, be it further RESOLVED, That all compulsory federal legislation not necessary to ensure rights guaranteed the people under the Constitution of the United States that directs States to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or that requires States to pass legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the senators and representatives of Texas in Congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America; and, be it further RESOLVED, That the chief clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the puppet, the Vice President of the United States of America, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the United States of America, the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the minority leader of the Senate, and to the governor of each sister State as an expression of the affection of the people of Texas for our one national and indivisible union.