HRES 1587 · 111th Congress · Government Operations and Politics

Recognizing that the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again to the consent of the governed, and calling for the real decentralization of power through the restoration of American federalism.

Introduced 2010-07-30· Sponsored by Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1]· House

Bill Progress

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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.(2010-09-20)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Calls for: (1) a restoration of American federalism and a decentralization of government power and policymaking from the federal government to states, local communities, neighborhoods, families, and individual citizens; and (2) policy reforms that will allow the states to prove the virtues of federalism and thereby build a new nationwide consensus for decentralizing political power in the United States.…

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans