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HRES 1587 111th Congress House

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…

Official title: 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 decentr… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: 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 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (House)
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
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 Latest action September 20, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Republican 5
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jul 30, 2010
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Jul 30, 2010
Graves, Tom
· Jul 30, 2010
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Jul 30, 2010
 R
Lummis, Cynthia M.
Wyoming · Jul 30, 2010
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Jul 30, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 1587: 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.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1587/
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"H. Res. 1587: 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.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1587/.
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H. Res. 1587, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HRES-1587/.
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