HRES 1587
111th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Intergovernmental relations
State and local government operations
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: July 30, 2010
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 20, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Jul 30, 2010
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jul 30, 2010
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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