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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the |
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| United States reads as follows: "The powers not delegated to |
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| the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to |
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| the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the |
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| people."; and
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| WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment was ratified on December 15, |
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| 1791 as part of the original Bill of Rights; and
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| WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment makes a declaration of the |
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| relationship between the federal government and the states; and
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| WHEREAS, The 10th Amendment defines the total scope of |
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| federal power as being that specifically delegated by the |
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| United States Constitution and honors the powers of the |
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| individual 50 states; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| the State of Illinois hereby claims the rights afforded to it |
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| under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United |
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| States; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |