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To: YellowRoseofTx; Beckwith

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/29/america/29mccain.php

A place to start.


82 posted on 03/13/2009 3:20:04 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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To: cripplecreek; Kansas58

The Dems had a hearing, did some stuff. I don’t think any laws were passed???

from the link:

A group of lawmakers made an unsuccessful effort four years ago to eliminate any lingering doubts about the meaning of the provision through legislation that would have said children born outside the country to American citizens are eligible for the presidency.

McCaskill said that her legislation should be noncontroversial and that Congress should move rapidly to clear up any ambiguity. She acknowledged there could be some who believe the only route to resolve the confusion is through a Constitutional amendment.

“We can at least make a legislative declaration that the definition of ‘natural born’ includes children of the active military,” she said. “This should be done quickly and easily.”


144 posted on 03/14/2009 5:45:13 AM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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