HR0070 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States specifically provided that "(t)he powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people"; and

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment was part of the original Bill of Rights, which was proposed on September 25, 1789, ratified by three-fourths of the states, and went into effect on December 15, 1791; and

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment limits the scope of federal power and prescribes that the federal government was created by the states specifically to be an agent of the states, rather than the states being agents of the federal government; and

WHEREAS, When taking the oath of office, all members of the Illinois General Assembly solemnly swear that they will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Illinois; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we reaffirm our commitment to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America which includes the Bill of Rights and the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States; and be it further

RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be delivered to the President of the United States, the President pro tempore of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the Illinois congressional delegation.