United States · Resolution · HRES
H.Res. 1587 (111th)
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
30 July 2010
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Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
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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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 July 2010
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 30 July 2010
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 30 July 2010
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-resolution/1587
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/hres/1587