State Legislators Issue Joint Announcement on State Sovereignty
07. May, 2009 
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On May 5, 2009, fourteen influential Senators and Representatives from eight states recently organized and made a Joint Announcement of passage of their respective states’ rights resolutions. The Announcement invites governors and state representatives throughout the nation to join them in furthering the states’ rights movement on a coordinated, multi-state level of participation.
Representative Manny Steele, of South Dakota, sponsored his state’s HCR1013, which was the first states’ rights resolution to pass both the Senate and House in a state this year. Since then, legislatures in eight other states have acted on bi-partisan support and have passed their respective resolutions to affirm states’ rights. These are: Alaska (HJR27), Georgia (SR632), Idaho (HJM4), Indiana (SR42), Missouri (HCR13), North Dakota (HCR3063), Oklahoma (HJR1003) and South Carolina (H3509).
Texas’ HCR50 passed committee April 23, 2009. Sponsoring Representative Brandon Creighton expects the House to pass the resolution very shortly. In addition, Arizona’s HCR2024 passed committee on April 14, and per Sponsoring Representative Judy Burges, it is expected to pass the House.
In their Announcement, all fourteen Senators and Representatives observe that:
Over the course of decades, there have been increasing federal mandates and acts designed to effectively step in and legislate the affairs of our various states from Washington D.C. Federal usurpation into state affairs severely limits the ability of state governments to operate according to their citizens’ wishes. We believe that the best government is one which governs closer to the people…. The current price of erosion of states’ rights exceeds $11 trillion. Without the countless attempts in Washington to duplicate and micromanage our states’ affairs, much of this debt could have been avoided.
Joining Representative Steele in the Joint Announcement are:
Alaska (HJR27) (Mike Kelly, Dist. 7, Sponsor)
Passed House and Senate (Gary Stevens, Senate President)
Georgia (SR632) (Chip Pearson, Dist. 51, Sponsor)
Passed Senate
Idaho (HJM004) (Lenore Barrett, Dist. 35, Sponsor)
Passed House and (Dick Harwood, Dist 2, Sponsor)
Senate (Lawerence Denney, House Speaker)
Missouri (HCR13) (Jim Guest, Dist. 5, Sponsor)
Passed House
North Dakota (HCR3063) (Craig Headland, Dist. 29, Sponsor)
Passed House and (David Monson, House Speaker)
Senate
Oklahoma (HJR1003) (Randy Brogdon, Dist. 34, Sponsor)
Passed House and
Senate
South Carolina (H3509) (Michael A. Pitts, Dist. 14, Sponsor)
Passed House; Currently in
Senate Committee
South Dakota (HCR1013) (Manny Steele, Dist. 12, Sponsor)
Passed House and Senate (Dennis Daugaard, Lt. Governor)
(Tim Rave, House Speaker)
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This is the best news I have heard in my life time!
Please do not stop. We need to fix the Federal Government or rebuild it!
I would be willing to give up everything to see our original Founding Principals restored! I am sick of tired of the “Tyranny” of our Federal Government! I am a Grandfather of 4 and I pray that we will have the “will” to restore our Government to it’s rightful place. This crap about Global Warming, Not drilling for Oil, illegal aliens, needs to be fixed once and for all!
Oh yeah, the “5000 Year Leap”, Liberty and Tyranny, and the book written in 1776 about Free Enterprise from the fella named Adams should be mandatory reading. Oh, Everyone should know the Constitution (Fed and State) by heart and be required to pass a test regarding the same when they apply for their Driver’s license. Also, when we fix the Federal Government, we should build dorm style billets like that in the 82nd Airborne and have each Senator and Congressman “live” when a new recruit from the Armed Forces and a Veteran of X number of years, in the same room. The Military veterans who do this should get twice their normal Hazardous duty pay for being in the same room with our Politicians. This way, they will have accountablity. Oh yeah, the Congressman/Senator should not be able to bring their family so they can not too use to staying in DC. A couple more things. Each person in Congress should spend 6 months with the Military in Hazardous zones, 6 months with a Family on the Southern Border to understand what it means to have illegal aliens invade our country, and they should spend 2 months working in an Abortion center, watching this “medical” procedure and explain how this is an act of Freedom!
see http://statesstand.ning.com for the latest status of each state’s legislation.
This is indeed wonderful news and I had to read it on here? Why is this not main stream national news? Of course we all know the reason why. The media is just an extension of our Federal Govt and has been for years. Their very own propaganda machine. We will hear about this in the national media when it becomes too big to ignore and its well on its way. Yoo hooo. I imagine that all of us who post here or have given a donation or have contacted our Representative or other offical is now on some kind of Federal “watch list”. Well if I am I am very proud to be there.
I need to correct my previous post somewhat. Actually the national media has reported some activity like the recent Tea Party demonstration. Except they called it “Tea Bagging” which is supposedly some kind of sex act. And made fun of the “tea baggers” with many inuendo’s to sex and body parts. It was all lost on me because I don’t have a clue what the sex act with a tea bag could be but they all seem very familar with it. Guess I’m getting old. But this will be their approach when the do report. To ridicule and make it a right wing extremist play. Or betray it as a bunch of sore losers trying for some pay back. So be ready and keep your cool cause you know its coming
Outstanding, we need inter-state organization of State Governments to coordinate our efforts.
Alone our state is weak only together are we strong!
We a new Continental Congress of sorts…