Bill Alerts for week of February 14th thru 18th:
Appropriations
The committee on Appropriations will meet at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in Senate Hearing Room 109.
SB1308 and SB1309 use a Constitutional doctrine to make agreements with other states in order to protect our citizens and establish our sovereignty. No longer will the federal government be able to wrongfully and unconstitutionally interpret the Fourteenth Amendment. These two bills will allow Arizona to be a partner to all of the other states involved in this compact, help regain our country, and not incentivize illegal activity in our homeland.
SB1561 allows the legislature to do its job! SB1561 gives the legislature the authority to appropriate “noncustodial federal monies”. It is an authority that the legislature should have in order to keep our fiscal house in order and to make the decisions that our constituents elected us to do. It will bring transparency to your tax dollars that you deserve.
SCR1051 is a measure that will rein in spending measures that have no specified funding source. Why are we funding programs that do not have funds? This measure will take the handcuffs off the legislature and allows us to balance the budget and maintain programs that are truly funded while not expanding government that has not been paid for.
Banking and Insurance
The committee on Banking and Insurance will meet at 2:00 pm on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in Senate Hearing Room 3.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, left, chats with Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever at Saturday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, held in the Knights of Columbus Hall. (Mark Levy • Herald/Review)
SIERRA VISTA - A pair of outspoken Arizona sheriffs said if the state does not lead the way, the federal government will eventually kow-tow to those who want immigration reform without securing the border.
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever said the state is under attack by the ACLU and the U.S. Department of Justice for attempting to address what is a federal responsibility when it comes to the border.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said the federal government is trying to brainwash the American public, saying the border is safe and secure.
The two spoke to more than 150 people at Saturday’s Lincoln Day Dinner, an annual event hosted by the Cochise County Republican Committee.
Incredibly, the White House has sided with a foreign power against a state that it is invading and colonizing, rendering the contract between the federal government and the states null and void – yet there has been no move to impeach our treasonous rogue president. But at least Arizona Governor Jan Brewer is putting up a fight in the courts:
Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona’s border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who commit crimes.
The lawsuit claims the federal government has failed to protect Arizona from an “invasion” of illegal immigrants.
What’s with the sneer quotes? You would have to be more clueless than Bureau of Land Management bureauweenies not to know that Arizona has been subjected to an invasion.
Just south of Phoenix, via Great Satan, Inc.
The State of Arizona filed suit against the federal government Thursday, saying that authorities have failed to secure the border.
The state’s counterclaim alleges five failings by federal authorities:
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Failure to gain “operational control of the border,” as required under the Secure Fence Act of 2006
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Failure to protect against “invasion”
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Not enforcing immigration laws
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Not reimbursing Arizona for more than $760 million in combined costs for the incarcerating illegal aliens
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Violating the 10th Amendment by not allowing Arizona to enforce immigration laws
Read the whole story at the Tucson Sentinel.
by Michael Maharrey
AP reporter John Miller provides a textbook example of sloppy, agenda driven “journalism” in a piece headlined GOP invokes 1700s doctrine in health care fight published on Jan. 26.
Miller cobbles together a report clearly reflecting his personal opinion on the subject, and while he would surely argue that the story holds completely to the facts, he links those facts together in a way that leads the reader to his forgone conclusion.
Perhaps Miller doesn’t know any better, but he also omits vital information, leaving the reader with an incomplete understanding of nullification. He can either plead ignorance, making him a lazy reporter, or he left those bits of information out on purpose, making him an agenda driven hack.
Either way, he earns low marks as a professional journalist.
Miller sets up his assumption in the language of his lede graph.
“Republican lawmakers in nearly a dozen states are reaching into the dusty annals of American history to fight President Obama’s health care overhaul.”
The return of the Nullify Now! tour kicks off this weekend in Phoenix, AZ. 6 dates are planned for 2011 with many more in the works. Get tickets today – help us bring the tour to your area!
“Going to the federal government to fix problems created by the federal government doesn’t work.”
“It doesn’t matter which political party is in power or what person occupies the white house, government power always grows and your liberty is less.”
“We the people need to exercise our rights whether they the government want us to or not!”
EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael will be a featured speaker at upcoming Nullify Now! tour stops in Phoenix, Cincinnati, Minnesota and Austin. Get your tickets at http://www.nullifynow.com or by calling 888-71-TICKETS
by Jim Vetter, Pennsylvania Tenth Amendment Center
The past two years have seen an increased discussion on liberty, the role of the Federal government, and the US Constitution. Much focus has been on the US Constitution due to Washington’s egregious overreach in 2009 & 2010, and adding the last straw to the camel’s back with National Health Care. It is refreshing to see more Americans regularly reading the US Constitution and other writings by the founders to understand original intent and get us back on track.
What is a Constitution?
As part of our reading, how many have asked what a constitution actually is and also what it is not? The word constitution is sometimes thrown around loosely and often implied to mean different things to different people.
A constitution is defined as a set of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is governed. Our US Constitution is simply the framework for operation of the Federal government. It establishes the Federal Government as an agent to act on behalf of the sovereign states in certain limited areas. The powers granted are specifically the enumerated powers in Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. Most of the document discusses how the different branches of the Federal government work- judical, executive and legislative.
More than the Federal Constitution
Just as we don’t look to Washington alone, so to should we not look solely to the US Constitution. It is not the all defining, all governing document. It only discusses how the Federal government is meant to operate. As our 9th and 10th amendments make clear, there is a whole other universe of governance and rights:
State Senator Sylvia Allen has been appointed to the Chairman position of the newly-formed Border Security, Federalism, and State Sovereignty Committee in an announcement made by Senate President-elect Russell Pearce.
Senator Allen will be serving her 3rd term in the Arizona Senate and has shown her advocacy for Arizona state sovereignty in her support for several pieces of legislation, including Arizona’s Tenth Amendment Resolution, the Firearms Freedom Act that passed last year, and her introduction of the Cap and Trade legislation during the last session, called The Freedom-to-Breathe Act.
Quoted from the White Mountain Independent, Allen said:
“I believe in our nation’s founding documents and the checks and balances put within the Constitution to keep the federal government from overreaching.”
Arizona has unique challenges which require specific solutions, Allen says.
by Connor Boyack, Utah Tenth Amendment Center
Throwing any anachronistic caution to the wind, Congress now assumes the authority to regulate anything and everything it deems worthy of its attention. Over 300 federal regulatory agencies exist, such as the FDA, EPA, USDA, CDC, OSHA, HHS, ATF, FDIC, FAA, FCC, FTC, FETC, FEMA, FERC and many others, each of which is empowered by Congress to effectively legislate through its regulations that are enforceable by law.
As with any institution, these seek greater influence and power-ostensibly to better accomplish their agency’s mission. Capitalizing upon any circumstance that might justify a request for an augmentation of their powers, bureaucratic busy-bodies are constantly clamoring for more legislation to attain that end. At times, they simply produce a new power by fiat.
If and when asked where they derive their authority to micro-manage the economic exchanges of American citizens, congressmen will defer to the judicially-inflated commerce clause. Like a plastic surgery addict, this constitutional provision has become entirely unrecognizable from its original form.
Phoenix: 01-29-11
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Through historical writings, case studies, and speeches by the Founding Fathers, more than 10 speakers will give you a logical, moral, and constitutionally sound case for nullification, revealing:
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How we can roll back Obamacare, cap and trade, and other unconstitutional expansions of federal power through nullification
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Why the Founding Fathers believed that nullification was the “moderate middle ground,” not the road to secession
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Why the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution gives the states the power to nullify unconstitutional laws
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Why states – not the Supreme Court – should arbitrate disputes between the states and the federal government over the constitutionality of the federal government’s actions.
