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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the
3United States specifically provided that "(t)he powers not
4delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor
5prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States
6respectively, or to the people"; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment was part of the original Bill
8of Rights, which was proposed on September 25, 1789, ratified
9by three-fourths of the states, and went into effect on
10December 15, 1791; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment limits the scope of federal
12power and prescribes that the federal government was created by
13the states specifically to be an agent of the states, rather
14than the states being agents of the federal government; and
 
15    WHEREAS, When taking the oath of office, all members of the
16Illinois General Assembly solemnly swear that they will support
17the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of
18the State of Illinois; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we reaffirm our commitment to protect and defend the

 

 

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1Constitution of the United States of America which includes the
2Bill of Rights and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of
3the United States; and be it further
 
4    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
5delivered to the President of the United States, the President
6pro tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the
7United States House of Representatives, and each member of the
8Illinois congressional delegation.