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  • Enumerated Powers Act Seeks to Limit Role of Federal Government

    06/26/2003 3:44:53 PM PDT · by Leatherneck_MT · 40 replies · 2,290+ views
    Mens News Daily ^ | June 26, 2003 | Jimmy Moore
    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...