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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.