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House to vote on 'Continuity in Representation Act' to assure survival.The House of Representatives is expected to vote today on a bill assuring its continued functioning in case large numbers of its members are killed or incapacitated in a terrorist attack or other catastrophe, at the same time preserving the electoral system established by the Founders. Sponsored by House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., the "Continuity in Representation Act," H.R. 2844, would require states to hold special elections to fill wide-scale vacancies within 45 days after the speaker of the House announces that "extraordinary circumstances" – defined as...

The U.S. House will vote on the Continuity in Representation Act of 2004 (H.R. 2844) this Thursday. We strongly support passage of H.R. 2844 and ask you to urge your representative to vote "yes." Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Dreier, Miller, Cole, Chabot and Paul introduced H.R. 2844 to "preserve an elected House in the event of a tragic terrorist attack on the Congress." H.R. 2844 is the practical and proper solution and is in sharp contrast to the desire by political elites to have "appointed" members of the U.S. House. In a letter dated April 19, 2004, Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Dreier and Ney...

Elect, Never Appoint U.S. Representatives On June 20, 2003, we issued the following alert: "The clock is ticking. A well-orchestrated, well-financed campaign to quickly amend the Constitution is underway. A proposed constitutional amendment would take away your right to vote for your U.S. representative. We can't and won't stand by and let our republic be gutted by this amendment." This alert was in response to the "Continuity of Government" (COG) report made public on June 4, 2003. The report calls for a constitutional amendment that would allow for the appointment of members of the U.S. House of Representatives under vaguely...