Col. Gadsden presented to the Congress an elegant standard, such as is to be used by the commander in chief of the American navy, being a yellow field, with a lively representation of a rattlesnake in the middle in the attitude of going to strike and these words underneath, 'Don't tread on me.'
Ordered, that the said standard be carefully preserved and suspended in the Congress room...."
The flag of the United States, Frederick Cocks Hicks, Government Printing Office, 1918, 40 pages.
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES GATSCHENBERGER (Sponsor), BAHR AND KORMAN (Co-sponsors).
4675L.03I D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 301.3163, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to the Don't Tread on Me license plate.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Section 301.3163, RSMo, is repealed and one new section enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as section 301.3163, to read as follows:
301.3163. Any person may apply for [special] specialty personalized "Don't Tread on Me" motor vehicle license plates for any vehicle such person owns, either solely or jointly, other than an apportioned motor vehicle or a commercial motor vehicle licensed in excess of eighteen thousand pounds gross weight. Such person shall make application for the [special] specialty personalized license plates on a form provided by the director of revenue. The director shall then issue specialty personalized license plates bearing letters or numbers or a combination thereof as determined by the [advisory committee established in section 301.129] director, with the words "DON'T TREAD ON ME" [in place of the words "SHOW-ME STATE"] centered on the bottom one-fourth of the plate, in bold, all capital letters, and with lettering identical to the lettering used for the word "MISSOURI" on the regular state license plate. Such words shall be no smaller than forty-eight point type. Such plates shall be tiger yellow beginning at the top and bottom, with the color fading into white in the center. All numbers and letters shall be black. The left side shall contain a reproduction of the "Gadsen Snake" in black and white, with the snake to be three inches in height and two inches wide, and sitting on green grass that is two and one-quarter inches wide. Upon payment of a fifteen dollar fee in addition to the regular registration fees, and presentation of any documents which may be required by law, the director of revenue shall issue to the vehicle owner a specialty personalized plate. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 301.144, no additional fee shall be charged for the personalization of license plates issued under this section. Such license plates shall be made with fully reflective material with a common color scheme and design, shall be clearly visible at night, and shall be aesthetically attractive, as prescribed by section 301.130.
[emphasis in original]
"...The left side shall contain a reproduction of the 'Gadsen [sic] Snake' in black and white..."
Is that a typo? Just asking.
We made the same mistake once, just not in symbolic legislation.
They could have the same snappy accessory for their car:
And pay the state for the privilege, maybe without any sense of the irony (from a year ago):
....You've got to wonder, if they have to pay an extra fee for the privilege, about the irony of paying more money to the state to ostensibly protest the state having more of your money....
....Dudes, do you really think this is a good idea? When the black helicopters land they're gonna know who to pick up first....
Patriot Freedom Alliance, the Tea Party of Hutchinson, carries a picture of a skunk on its website and explains the skunk has replaced the eagle as the symbol for the president.
"It is half black, half white, and almost everything it does, stinks," it states....
....The national NAACP previously has urged Tea Party leaders across the country to denounce any signs of racism....
....Representative Sheila Jackson Lee: ....And I thank you professor very much. I'm going to be engaging you with those very powerful numbers that you have offered on what the tea party recognizes, uh, or is recognized as. Might I add my own P.S.? All those who wore sheets a long time ago have now lifted them off and started wearing [applause], uh, clothing, uh, with a name, say, I am part of the tea party. Don't you be fooled. [voices: "That's right.", applause] Those who used to wear sheets are now being able to walk down the aisle and speak as a patriot because you will not speak loudly about the lack of integrity of this movement....
Question: Uh, Reverend Sharpton, could you talk a little bit about the push back and whether you think it's a diversion to talk about the tea party?
Reverend Al Sharpton: I was in, uh, Alabama night before last and one of the ministers hosting me showed me the court house of George Wallace. The issue in the fifties and sixties was not that George Wallace may or may not have been a racist, the issue was he that he was the governor and could stand in the school house door as governor and stop people from going to jail. The media wants to concentrate on our saying there are elements in the tea party this is racist rather than saying the philosophy of the tea party is anti civil rights, 'cause they're promoting pro state's rights on immigration, pro state's rights across the board which will turn back the clock of civil rights. So, you got part of the sermon without the text. The context is the tea party as a political philosophy is to reverse what civil rights did and that is say the federal government must protect people, whether it's in Arizona on immigration, or South Carolina on civil rights. And I don't think Miss Palin or anyone else can deny that they are supporting states to supersede the federal government in these areas. That is the context that, uh, President Jealous and others said, yes, there are elements in there that's racist, but if you pull down the race signs, and you still want to return to statehood type of governmental operation you will have reversed what King and Wilkins and them did. So, I think the emphasis, the media likes to get into who called the name. I'd rather have a guy calling me a name with no power, than a guy smiling at me that has state's rights power as the government. That's what this is about. And that's why we've called for these gatherings.
[....]
"...I'd rather have a guy calling me a name with no power, than a guy smiling at me that has state's rights power as the government..."
James Hoffa, President of the Teamsters, had a few things to say in Detroit (via Media Matters):
James Hoffa, Jr: ...Everybody here's gotta vote. If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son a bitches out and give America back to America where we belong. [cheers] Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you...
Right wingnuttia is apparently going berserk:
...Republican consultant Brad Blakeman decried the comments as "thuggery at its best" and "the kind of remarks you'd expect out of Tony Soprano," and commented that "when a union president says 'let's take these sons of bitches out,' that usually means someone's legs are going to get broken, somebody's going to disappear." Meanwhile, anchor Megyn Kelly somehow did not mention Henry's previous explanation that the comments were references to voting Republicans out of office...
...Andrew Breitbart operative and CNN contributor Dana Loesch quickly followed up the attack on Twitter, claiming soon after the Fox segment and Henry tweet that Hoffa "threatens tea party voters" and that if Obama "doesn't condemn then he is sanctioning violence against fellow Americans by silence"...
[emphasis added]
Evidently teabaggers don't believe in the legitimacy of anyone's vote except their own.
Representative Vicky Hartzler (r) held a series of town halls on Wednesday in the 4th Congressional District. We attended the afternoon town halls in Clinton and Warrensburg. There were dissenting views and push back at both town halls, but the one in Warrensburg was by far the more raucous.
There was a letter to the editor in today's edition of the Warrensburg Daily Star-Journal addressing Representative Hartzler's (r) expressed view on government regulation:
Get government off backs of business? Is that good?
I attended Congresswoman's [sic] Vicky Hartzler's town hall meeting in Warrensburg and am concerned about her comments about getting the government off businesses' backs.
She spoke about the Environmental Protection Agency and how it was out of control, that we needed to get rid of all these regulations for businesses to grow. It may be that Congress should start doing its job on oversight of government agencies but I am concerned with this notion that we have too much regulation, that we need to slash whole agencies....
....The EPA was founded to improve human health. It is fun to watch the eagles but the important thing about them is that, if they are healthy, then we humans have a healthy environment to live in as well.
[emphasis in original]
Interestingly enough, the paper had a lead editorial in the same edition on the same subject:
Business regulations beneficial to public
Without environmental regulations, many businesses would not self-regulate - either due to greed or ignorance....
....Businesses know the risks, but coal continues to provide a major source for business profits and for Missouri energy. This is not to suggest coal, for now, remains a needed source of energy, only that regulations have resulted in cleaner-burning coal at places such as Iatan II in Platte County. Such regulations should be strengthened, not weakened, for the sake of public health.
If you only get 50.4% of the vote in a non-presidential year election with relatively low turnout you probably shouldn't act like you won by a three to one margin.
Official Election Returns
State of Missouri General Election - November 2, 2010 General Election
Tuesday, November 02, 2010
As announced by the Board of State Canvassers
on Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Hereford and Deaf Smith County, Texas, the beef capitol of the known universe, or so they say....
@RepHartzler Rep. Vicky Hartzler
S&P's decision to downgrade our credit rating is no surprise: the debt ceiling package wasn't big enough--one reason I voted 'no'. 21 hours ago
....The political brinksmanship of recent months highlights what we see as America's governance and policymaking becoming less stable, less effective, and less predictable than what we previously believed. The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy. Despite this year's wide-ranging debate, in our view, the differences between political parties have proven to be extraordinarily difficult to bridge, and, as we see it, the resulting agreement fell well short of the comprehensive fiscal consolidation program that some proponents had envisaged until quite recently. Republicans and Democrats have only been able to agree to relatively modest savings on discretionary spending while delegating to the Select Committee decisions on more comprehensive measures. It appears that for now, new revenues have dropped down on the menu of policy options....
....The massive stampede out of stocks, the second plunge in three trading days, was fueled partly by reaction to the U.S. credit rating downgrade. The sell-off threatened to further sap confidence in the faltering U.S. economy, giving businesses and consumers another reason to cut back on spending....
From time to time we receive communications addressed to us here at Show Me Progress (and at They gave us a republic..., Blue Girl's shop) from individuals shopping a story, sending us a tip, and, every once in a while, bestowing an attaboy or attagirl upon one of our modest mudpies. Today I received an e-mail from a Washington, D.C. public relations firm addressed to me (at They gave us a republic...) which mentioned both blogs and our coverage of the republican debt hostage crisis (my terminology). The representative of the firm was shopping a point of view on "the health care compact":
From: xxxxxxxxxx (xxxxx@craftdc.com)
Date: Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 1:57 PM
Subject: Attn: Michael Bersin; have you caught this Nixon veto?
To: WorthyDescendants@gmail.com
Good afternoon Michael,
I know you guys are busy at Show Me Progress and They Gave Us A Republic talking about the debt ceiling negotiations, but I thought you might be interested in some interesting news from Missouri, specifically the healthcare compact legislation that passed the Missouri state legislature in the last session. It has been sitting on Gov. Nixon's desk for months and he is expected to veto the bill tomorrow without comment. The veto can be overridden in the next session, but I believe the people of Missouri deserve to hear their Governor explain why he is not signing the bill into law when it aims to give his state the authority over their federal healthcare dollars.
The health care compact isn't a health policy reform-it's a governance reform. If approved, it would give states the authority to determine how to spend their federal health care dollars, empowering member states to provide health care services (including Medicare and Medicaid) for their own citizens. It places the decision-making authority for health care policies at the state level, where the legislature would be free to tailor and pilot innovative programs that could simultaneously lower costs, while also improving health care.
See also Eric O'Keefe's Daily Caller op-ed, Why Health Care Compact could be solution to Medicaid crisis, and his interview with Ben Domenech on Big Government.
The Texas legislature passed a version of the legislation last month and Gov. Rick Perry is expected to sign the bill into law on Monday. Georgia and Oklahoma have also signed health care compact bills into law and the legislation has been introduced in over a dozen other states.
Would you be interested in covering this?
Please be in touch with any questions you may have.
[xxxxxxx]
C R A F T a uniquely integrated communications approach
Hmmm, what do the Missouri General Assembly, the Texas lege, Ben Domenech and Rick Perry have in common? Right, they're either full of batshit crazy right wingnuts or are a representative sample of the same.
....It is with a great deal of heartfelt disappointment from those of us on Freedom Jamboree's "grassroots" organizing committee and the Tea Party Founding Father's 501(c)3 that we are now compelled to announce the cancellation of Freedom Jamboree in Kansas City this fall....
....Many have said they just did not have the money to travel this year....
....Our committee has speculated for the last month why registrations from the Tea Parties have been so low, with some emails and phone calls suggesting that the poor economy, national debt, high fuel prices, unemployment, double-dip recession, fear about the future (all the usual suspects), as well as political frustration with elected officials in both parties, and political burnout as principle reasons. Others have said that many groups just don't want to do anything outside of their own states this year, and are in disagreement with other groups about what and who the Tea Party movement should support and represent. There is some disarray in the movement right now as to its next move. The fact is, the spirit intrinsic in 2009 has diminished nationwide, and some lethargy and weariness persists....
....If anyone in the our movement has a plan or direction that can unite the movement again, and reverse the nation's headlong march toward the economic abyss, please take the reins! It appears the Tea Party horse is riderless, and riding off in all directions at once!....
"....Many have said they just did not have the money to travel this year...."
You could ask the Koch brothers to ante up. But, then again, you've already served their purposes and they don't need you anymore.
"...poor economy, national debt, high fuel prices, unemployment, double-dip recession, fear about the future...as principle reasons..."
National debt? This didn't appear to be a worry for these folks from 2001 to 2009 while dubya was racking up big deficits. Worries about the national debt caused people to not sign up for an astroturf convention? That's a convenient and implausible excuse. Unless you happen to be an obsessive worrier and watch the Faux News Channel all of the time. Okay, point well taken.
"...It appears the Tea Party horse is riderless, and riding off in all directions at once!..."
Senator Claire McCaskill via Twitter on republican intransigence over the budget:
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Remember, the compromise on the table from Ds represents a larger cut than the one originally proposed by Rep Ryan and Speaker Boehner. 5 Apr
Because they know our lazy old media will let them get away with it. They just have to go on the Today Show and blather on at one of the talking heads.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Hard to understand why Rs insisting on cuts to education and refusing to consider the cuts that Gates has already identified in Pentagon. 6 Apr
It's in their nature.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Today it is becoming clear that for House Rs, this is NOT about spending cuts, but about divisive ideological fights over social issues.
7 Apr
Shouldn't be surprised by that.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Huge economic consequences to shut down. What happened to jobs,jobs,jobs? We can agree on $$cuts and they move goal post on social issues.
22 hours ago
Jobs? Seriously? With republicans?
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Economic losses not all about govt employees,but tax refunds not sent,home loans not closed,small business loans stopped,construction halted 22 hours ago
They really don't care who they hurt, they just want people to blame Democrats.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Senate Democrats say real budget cuts, not a shutdown. But GOP says loud & clear: shut it down: bit.ly/gGBPcI 19 hours ago
Because the republicans think people are too stupid to see what they're really doing.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Since 1976 NO federal dollars can be used for abortion.They want to shut down govt over cancer screenings & family planning services. 3 hours ago
ACORN. NPR. The big lie keeps working for them and Democrats let the republican Mighty Wurlitzer get away with it.
@clairecmc Claire McCaskill
Goal for today, doing everything possible to get clean resolution to pay our troops & not pay us,no legislating social policy thrown in. 3 hours ago
Don't hold your breath. Just like Lucy, the republicans will pull the football away every time.
The teabaggers announced they'd be in Jefferson City after MoveOn publicized their noon rally:
...The left via moveon.org and OFA are organizing protests in Jefferson City this Saturday, so the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition is joining the call from Tea Party and 9-12 groups across the state to counter protest on the capital steps.
When: 10:30AM Saturday, February 26th
Where: Steps of the Capitol Building in Jefferson City
Speakers are still being scheduled for Saturday. We will meet about 10:30AM to stake out our ground....
We made the drive to Jefferson City, timed to arrive at the capitol at about 11:00 a.m., which we did.
The teabagger rally site on the south side of the capitol at 11:04 a.m.
It was a little after 11:00 a.m. I approached a state trooper and what appeared to be a Jefferson City police officer who were standing back watching the teabaggers. I asked them if the rally had started yet. One of the officers told me, "The speakers are supposed to start at eleven."
We walked over to the north side of the capitol, the announced site of the MoveOn organized labor rally scheduled for noon. There were a few people gathering. An individual pointed out to the river and told us that there was a bald eagle perched in a tree.
A bald eagle looking over the Missouri River.
We can all thank the Endangered Species Act for that moment of Zen.
After about fifteen minutes I walked back to the teabagger rally site. They had started. A speaker was droning on about the communists who sponsored the rally on the other (north) side of the capitol.
The teabagger rally site on the south side of the capitol at 11:20 a.m.
After a few minutes of teabagger rhetoric I walked back to the north side of the capitol to interview people participating in the MoveOn organized labor rally. And thanks to the teabaggers I had another question I could ask in those interviews.
It turns out that MoveOn and the organized labor folks were more punctual. They started at noon.
The MoveOn organized labor rally across from the north side of the capitol at 12:02 p.m.
On this Saturday the 26th of February the communist organization moveon.org is organizing a rally in Jefferson City to support destroying our nation through deeper debt in the name of "protecting the working man"....
[emphasis added]
I heard one of the speakers at the teabagger rally say the same thing, so, I thought I'd talk to some of the good working people at the MoveOn organized labor rally on the opposite side of the capitol.
The MoveOn organized labor rally on the north side of the capitol in Jefferson City.
Show Me Progress: So, why are you here today?
Robert Shoemyer : I heard there was gonna be a rally here to support the people of Wisconsin.
Show Me Progress: And you decided to show up?
Robert Shoemyer : I decided to show up.
Show Me Progress: What does, uh, what does collective bargaining mean for you?
Robert Shoemyer : I farm. And, but, collective bargaining, I mean, I've always been in favor of collective bargaining. I mean, without labor nothing would happen. So, I mean, you have to have your salesman, you have to have your labor. But then that's it.
It was cold. But the day in Jefferson City exceeded my expectations.
There weren't very many teabaggers, though they did have banners and a beefy sound system. Do you think some billionaire patrons paid for that through an astroturf front organization? Just asking.
Today really wasn't about the speeches. It was about showing up.
Though a teabagger speaker seemed a tad bit concerned about the "communists" on the other side of the capitol.
The teabagger rally in support of republicans and corporate interests on the south side of the capitol.
The organized labor folks on the north side of the capitol had greater numbers and one barely audible bull horn. I estimate the MoveOn organized labor crowd numbered from 350 to 400.
The MoveOn and organized labor rally in support of Wisconsin workers on the north side of the capitol.
Stop the war on teachers, we are not the enemy. On the north side of the capitol.
In Wisconsin and around our country, the American Dream is under fierce attack. Instead of creating jobs, Republicans are giving tax breaks to corporations and the very rich-and then cutting funding for education, police, emergency response, and vital human services.
On Saturday, February 26, at noon local time, we are organizing rallies in front of every statehouse and in every major city to stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin. We demand an end to the attacks on worker's rights and public services across the country. We demand investment, to create decent jobs for the millions of people who desperately want to work. And we demand that the rich and powerful pay their fair share.
We are all Wisconsin. We are all Americans.
This Saturday, we will stand together to Save the American Dream. Be sure to wear Wisconsin Badger colors-red and white-to show your solidarity. Sign up today to join in!
State Capitol in Jefferson City, Capitol Building on High Street
Jefferson City, MO 65109
Saturday, February 26th, 12:00 PM
The left via moveon.org and OFA are organizing protests in Jefferson City this Saturday, so the St. Louis Tea Party Coalition is joining the call from Tea Party and 9-12 groups across the state to counter protest on the capital steps.
When: 10:30AM Saturday, February 26th
Where: Steps of the Capitol Building in Jefferson City
Speakers are still being scheduled for Saturday. We will meet about 10:30AM to stake out our ground. The moveon.org rally is scheduled to for noon. Bring signs, banners, and bottled water/snacks.
We have to draw the line now before the fiscal problems in the country worsen. With Right-to-Work (RTW) legislation pending in Missouri, we have to support our conservative legislators. We can do that Saturday as we stand with fellow patriots from around the state to show our support for Gov. Scott Walker and the conservative legislators of Wisconsin who are trying to restore fiscal sanity.
On this Saturday the 26th of February the communist organization moveon.org is organizing a rally in Jefferson City to support destroying our nation through deeper debt in the name of "protecting the working man".
It is very, very important that you and I, the true lovers of freedom and liberty, step up to the plate and let our voices be heard! We are tired of having our government being hijacked by a small minority! We are tired of the middle class always having to pay for the unions' demands of higher and higher wages, which they continue to demand even though those wages and benefits are 2 or 3 times higher than that of the private sector or fair market value! We want to STOP driving ourselves and our posterity into crushing debt just because some people refuse to tighten their belts!....
[emphasis added]
I thought accusing someone of being a communist went out with high button shoes. Evidently not for fascists.
Now, they did write "union" and not "public", but since they are organizing against the MoveOn rally in support of public sector collective bargaining in Wisconsin it's probably safe to assume they were including public sector employees in the mix.
The following does compare public and private sector compensation:
Are workers in the public sector really overpaid and too comfy for their own good? According to a new study from the Center for State and Local Government Excellence and National Institute on Retirement Security, not really. Analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data showed that state and local government employees are generally better-educated than their counterparts working in the private sector, but earn less overall, even including benefits such as health care and pension plans.
From the study:
* Public and private workforces differ in important ways. For instance, jobs in the public sector require much more education on average than those in the private sector. Employees in state and local sectors are twice as likely as their private sector counterparts to have a college or advanced degree.
* Wages and salaries of state and local employees are lower than those for private sector workers with comparable earnings determinants (e.g., education). State employees typically earn 11 percent less; local workers earn 12 percent less.
* Over the last 20 years, the earnings for state and local employees have generally declined relative to comparable private sector employees. The pattern of declining relative compensation remains true in most of the large states we examined, although some state-level variation exists.
* Benefits (e.g., pensions) comprise a greater share of employee compensation in the public sector. State and local employees have lower total compensation than their private sector counterparts. On average, total compensation is 6.8 percent lower for state employees and 7.4 percent lower for local workers, compared with comparable private sector employees.
@ytuorg YoungTradeUnionists
Teachers of #Wisconsin: Please bring your red pens tomorrow to correct the Tea Partiers' signs #wiunion #solidaritywi #tcot 19 hours ago
There was a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act yesterday.
ARTICLE 128. The inviolability of the homes of citizens and privacy of correspondence are protected by law.
Sorry, wrong country. Let's try that again:
Article 55. Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed inviolability of the home. No one may, without lawful grounds, enter a home against the will of those residing in it.
Article 56. The privacy of citizens, and of their correspondence, telephone conversations, and telegraphic communications is protected by law.
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Got it.
The vote:
FINAL VOTE RESULTS FOR ROLL CALL 26
H R 514 2/3 YEA-AND-NAY 8-Feb-2011 7:04 PM
QUESTION: On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
BILL TITLE: To extend expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 and Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 relating to access to business records, individual terrorists as agents of foreign powers, and roving wiretaps until December 8, 2011
---- YEAS 277 ---
Akin
Carnahan
Emerson
Graves (MO)
Hartzler
Long
Luetkemeyer
---- NAYS 148 ---
Clay
Cleaver
Russ Carnahan, what were you thinking? The bill failed by seven votes (needing two thirds to pass in an expedited fashion). It will come up for a "regular" vote later in the session.
The usual suspects have proposed a constitutional convention for the purpose of amending the Constitution so that state legislatures would have to approve raising the national debt limit. Yeah, that'll turn out really well.
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES GATSCHENBERGER (Sponsor), FRANZ, LONG, KOENIG, DIEHL, BARNES, SCHARNHORST, MOLENDORP, KELLEY (126), FITZWATER, JONES (89), NANCE, NOLTE, BROWN (50), PACE, JONES (117), RICHARDSON, PARKINSON, DENISON, HINSON, ZERR, SCHOELLER, SCHATZ, REIBOLDT, SCHIEFFER, LARGENT, ALLEN, GUERNSEY, RIDDLE, LANT, LEACH, BROWN (85), LICHTENEGGER, GRISAMORE, DUGGER, SCHAD, COX, LOEHNER, BAHR, COOKSON, FRAKER, BURLISON AND WIELAND (Co-sponsors).
0497L.02I
AN ACT
Relating to the calling of a convention proposing amendments to the United States Constitution.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
WHEREAS, Article V of the Constitution of the United States provides authority for a Convention to be called by the Congress of the United States for the purpose of proposing amendments to the Constitution upon application of two-thirds of the Legislatures of the several states ("amendments convention"); and
WHEREAS, the Legislature of the State of Missouri favors the proposal and ratification of an amendment to said Constitution which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the Legislatures of the separate States:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby respectfully applies, as provided for in Article V of the Constitution of the United States, for an amendments convention to be called for the purpose of proposing an amendment which shall provide that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the Legislatures of the separate States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the amendments convention contemplated by this application shall be entirely focused upon and exclusively limited to the subject matter of proposing for ratification an amendment to the Constitution providing that an increase in the federal debt requires approval from a majority of the Legislatures of the separate States; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this application constitutes a continuing application in accordance with Article V of the Constitution of the United States until at least two-thirds of the Legislatures of the several States have made application for an equivalently limited amendments convention; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this application be dispatched by the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives to the President of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, each member of the Missouri Congressional delegation, and the presiding officers of each house of the several State Legislatures requesting their cooperation in applying for the amendments convention limited to the subject matter contemplated by this application.
[underline emphasis added]
Is anyone in the republican majority in Jefferson City concerned about job growth and unemployment rather than symbolic teabagger legislation? Just asking.
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