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After you have read the following sample letter, you may send it to your state representatives along with any additional comments that you add. To send the letter below as an email, copy/paste the sample text into your Senators' or Representatives' contact form. Use the form at the bottom of this page to find your state representative.
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In light of the staggering procession of trillion dollar bailouts, loans, stimulus packages, and federal deficits in the context of a sharp economic downturn, over 20 state legislatures are considering resolutions to affirm their sovereignty over those powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution. Although such resolutions by themselves would not solve the problem of a federal government which dominates and bankrupts the states by ignoring the Constitution's provisions, these Tenth Amendment resolutions can serve as steppingstones to further state and federal legislation to restore the proper balance of power between the states and the federal government.
In America there are two schools of thought about the role of the federal government: (1) Congress is limited in what it undertakes by the Constitution; and (2) Congress can do whatever it wants to do. If you favor a limited federal government as prescribed by the Constitution, please help to get a Tenth Amendment resolution introduced and passed by the House and Senate of your state legislature.
Click here to view an excellent video presentation by Pennsylvania State Rep. Sam Rohrer about why Americans should support Tenth Amendment resolutions in their state legislatures.
Click here for a state-by-state status chart (which includes links to other resources to learn more about the Tenth Amendment Movement) to discover whether a Tenth Amendment resolution has been introduced in your state. Use this information to help compose an appropriate email message to your state legislators below. Here are the different situations:
• If a Tenth Amendment resolution has not been introduced in your state legislature yet, you should urge your state representative and senator (they'll both be receiving the same message from you) to introduce such a resolution. There'll be a link to Oklahoma's Tenth Amendment resolution in the pre-written message below so that your legislators will have an example of what a Tenth Amendment resolution looks like.
• If a Tenth Amendment resolution has been introduced in your state legislature, urge your state representative and senator to support its passage.
• If a Tenth Amendment resolution has been introduced and passed, let your state representative and senator know how pleased you are, and if you know how they voted, thank them or state your displeasure as appropriate. Now scroll down to send an appropriate letter or email message to your state representative and state senator regarding a Tenth Amendment resolution in your state. Be sure to consult the "state-by-state status chart" mentioned above so that you can be as knowledgeable as possible. You are free to edit the pre-written sample letter.
For maximum impact, be sure to personalize your email!
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As you are probably aware, there is a movement among state legislatures to pass "Tenth Amendment" resolutions affirming state sovereignty over those powers not granted to the federal government by the Constitution as secured by the Tenth Amendment.
Already such resolutions have been introduced in the following states: Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. In Oklahoma and South Dakota both houses of the state legislature have already passed Tenth Amendment resolutions.
Here's a link to a Tenth Amendment resolution which was passed by both houses of the Oklahoma state legislature earlier this year: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HJR1003_ENGR.RTF
If such a resolution has not already been introduced in our state legislature, I urge you to introduce a Tenth Amendment resolution modeled after Oklahoma's. If a Tenth Amendment resolution has already been introduced, please support its passage. I strongly believe that it's high time to restore the balance of power between the states and the federal government as prescribed by the U.S. Constitution.
Here's a link to an excellent video by Pennsylvania State Representative Sam Rohrer in which he explains why Tenth Amendment resolutions should be introduced and passed in all state legislatures: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB03MEw2_4c
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