Posted on 06/26/2003 3:44:53 PM PDT by Leatherneck_MT
WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ) and five Republican co-sponsors are pushing a bill in Congress that would require every new law created to specify which part of the U.S. Constitution it derives its power from.
The Enumerated Powers Act, or HR 384, seeks a closer look at the issue of federalism, or the role of the national government in creating laws outside of its constitutional authority.
The Constitutional Authority clause of the Enumerated Powers Act states that "each Act of Congress shall contain a concise and definite statement of the constitutional authority relied upon for the enactment of each portion of that Act."
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No. The Republicans refused to allow it out of committee. It never received a vote. This was while Republicans chaired the Cmte and led the Senate and the House. I think the bill was initiated by Sen. Brownback at that time.
The REPUBLICAN leadership killed the bill.
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