Bill Text: IL HR0070 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Reaffirms our commitment to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America which includes the Bill of Rights and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HR0070 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0070-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the | ||||||
3 | United States specifically provided that
"(t)he powers not | ||||||
4 | delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor | ||||||
5 | prohibited by it to the States,
are reserved to the States | ||||||
6 | respectively, or to the people"; and
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7 | WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment was part of the original Bill | ||||||
8 | of Rights, which was proposed on September 25, 1789, ratified | ||||||
9 | by three-fourths of the states, and went into effect on | ||||||
10 | December 15, 1791; and
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11 | WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment limits the scope of federal | ||||||
12 | power and prescribes that the federal
government was created by | ||||||
13 | the states specifically to be an agent of the states, rather | ||||||
14 | than the states
being agents of the federal government; and
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15 | WHEREAS, When taking the oath of office, all members of the | ||||||
16 | Illinois General Assembly solemnly swear
that they will support | ||||||
17 | the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of | ||||||
18 | the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
20 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
21 | we reaffirm our commitment to protect and defend the |
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1 | Constitution of the United States of America which includes the | ||||||
2 | Bill of Rights and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution
of | ||||||
3 | the United States; and be it further
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4 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
5 | delivered to the President of the United States, the
President | ||||||
6 | pro tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the | ||||||
7 | United States House of Representatives, and
each member of the | ||||||
8 | Illinois congressional delegation.
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