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March 7, 2005

 

 

Four days ago, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed H.R. 841, the

Continuity

of Representation Act, by a vote of 329 to 68. Your efforts paid off.

Thank you!

 

We've been working on this since June of 2003. Here's a brief history.

 

June 20, 2003

The Liberty Committee issues 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 the appointment of members of the U.S. House of

Representatives under vaguely defined circumstances. At the June 4th

press

conference, COG touted their proposed constitutional amendment and

predicted

there would be no opposition to it. Their prediction was wrong, as was

their proposed constitutional amendment.

 

July 23, 2003

The Liberty Committee begins organizing the opposition at a briefing

for

members of Congress and their staffs. Congressmen Ron Paul (R-Texas)

and

Vic Snyder (D-Arkansas) spoke persuasively against the COG proposal, as

did

Charles E. Rice, professor emeritus of Notre Dame Law School who was

our

special guest expert.

 

July 24, 2003

Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Dreier, Miller, Cole, Chabot, and Paul

introduce

the Continuity in Representation Act (H.R. 2844) as the alternative to

the

COG proposal. H.R. 2844 is the practical and proper solution because

it

requires states to promptly hold special elections of U.S. House

members;

not special appointments.

 

April 22, 2004

The U.S. House passes H.R. 2844 by a vote of 306 to 97.

 

Even though H.R. 2844 overwhelmingly passed, that did not keep the

political

elite of COG from pushing their proposed constitutional amendment, H.J.

Res.

83.

 

June 2, 2004

The U.S. House soundly defeats COG's amendment by a vote of 63 to 353.

 

The 108th Congress comes to a close in December of 2004. At this

point,

COG's constitutional amendment has been defeated. Unfortunately, our

alternative H.R. 2844 does not become law because the U.S. Senate did

not

vote on it. Sponsors of H.R. 2844 promise to reintroduce the

Continuity in

Representation Act when the 109th Congress convenes in January 2005.

 

February 16, 2005

Congressmen Sensenbrenner, Dreier, Miller, Chabot, Bartlett, Paul and

Cole

reintroduce the Continuity in Representation Act. This time, the bill

is

assigned H.R. 841.

 

March 3, 2005

The U.S. House passes H.R. 841 by a vote of 329 to 68 -- and this

brings us

back to today. Again, your efforts paid off. Thank you!

 

We must now get the U.S. Senate to pass H.R. 841 and get President Bush

to

sign it because we agree with our country's founders that members of

the

U.S. House should always be elected, never appointed. We will continue

the

work we started in June of 2003 to keep the U.S. House of

Representatives

the Peoples' House -- always.

 

Kent Snyder

The Liberty Committee

http://www.thelibertycommittee.org

 

To make a donation, please go to

http://www.thelibertycommittee.org/donate.htm

 

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