Update-Montana Sovereignty Bill HJ 26: Montanans Sign Petition Now!
This Bill will be voted on tomorrow 3/9/09 at 8am MDT. The more signatures from Montanans the better. Send to everyone that you know from Montana.
http://www.petitiononline.com/mt09HJ26/petition.html
2009 Montana Legislature
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 26
INTRODUCED BY M. MORE
A JOINT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA AFFIRMING STATES' RIGHTS AND CONDEMNING ENCROACHMENT OF THOSE RIGHTS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Montana declares that the people of this state have the sole and exclusive right to govern themselves as a free, sovereign, and independent state and that the people of this state shall exercise and enjoy every power, jurisdiction, and right pertaining to that right; and
WHEREAS, that right may never be expressly delegated to the United States Congress; and
WHEREAS, The Constitution of the State of Montana declares that the people of Montana solemnly and mutually agree to form a free, sovereign, and independent body politic, or state, by the name of "The State of Montana"; and
WHEREAS, the people of the State of Montana agree that all powers not expressly delegated to the federal government in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights must be reserved and exercised by individual states; and
WHEREAS, when Montana entered into statehood in 1889, that entrance was accomplished by a contract between Montana and the several states, with Congress and the President concurring and acting as the agent for the several states, a contract known as the "Compact With the United States", archived as Article I of the Montana Constitution; and
WHEREAS, a contract, compact, or treaty must be implemented consistent with the terms and understandings in place at the time it is entered into; and
WHEREAS, the protection of these states' rights is enumerated in amendments to the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights, which state that "The 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".
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
(1) That the several states of the United States are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to general government, but by ratifying the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights, they constituted a general government for special purposes and delegated to that government certain definite powers, while reserving all other rights.
(2) That when the general government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are void and of no force.
(3) That the government created by the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights was not granted the right to determine the extent of the powers delegated to itself, since that would have made its discretion, and not the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights, the measure of its powers.
(4) That the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights delegated to Congress a power to punish treason, counterfeiting of the securities and current coin of the United States, piracies, felonies committed on the high seas, offenses against the law of nations, slavery, and no other crimes.
(5) That all acts of Congress that assume to create, define, or punish crimes, other than those enumerated in the federal constitution and Bill of Rights, are void and of no force.
(6) That the power to create, define, and punish other crimes is reserved by the states.
(7) That power over the freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom of the press remains and is reserved by the states or the people, allowing states the right to judge how far the licentiousness of speech and of the press may be abridged without lessening their useful freedom and how far those abuses, which cannot be separated from their use, should be tolerated, rather than allowing the use to be destroyed.
(8) That states are guarded against all abridgment by the United States of the freedom of religious opinions and exercises and retain the right of protecting the same.
(9) That all acts of Congress that abridge freedom of religion, freedom of speech, or freedom of the press are not law and are void.
(10) That power over the freedom of the right to keep and bear arms was reserved to the states and to the people, allowing states the right to judge how far infringements on the right to bear arms should be tolerated, rather than allowing that exercise to be defined by Congress.
(11) That states and the people are guarded against all abridgment by the United States of the right to keep and bear arms and retain the right of protecting that right.
(12) That all acts of Congress that abridge the right to bear arms are not law and are void.
(13) That Congress's interpretation of those parts of the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights that delegate to Congress a power "to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises, to pay the debts and provide for the common defence and general welfare of the United States" and "to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers, and all other powers vested by this Constitution in the government of the United States, or in any department or officer thereof" has attempted to destroy the limits of its power.
(14) That those parts of the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights, detailed in subsection (13), must not be construed to give unlimited powers to the federal government, and that Congress's inappropriate interpretation must be revised and corrected.
(15) That if Montana accepts these inappropriate interpretations and continues to allow Congress to exercise unbridled authority, it would be surrendering its own form of government.
(16) That the people of this state will not submit to undelegated and consequently unlimited powers.
(17) That every state has a right to nullify all assumptions of power by others within their limits, and that without this right, states would be under the dominion and power of anyone who might try to exercise that power.
(18) That it would be a dangerous delusion to silence people's fears for the safety of their rights.
(19) That this state calls on its costates for an expression of their sentiments on acts not authorized by the United States Constitution.
(20) That the rights and liberties of Montana and its costates must be protected from any dangers by declaring that Congress is limited by the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights.
(21) That any act by the Congress of the United States, Executive Order of the President of the United States, or Judicial Order of the United States that assumes a power not delegated by the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights diminishing the liberty of this state or its citizens constitutes a nullification of the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights by the government of the United States, which would also breach Montana's "Compact With the United States". Acts that would cause a nullification and a breach include but are not limited to:
(a) establishing martial law or a state of emergency within a state without the consent of the legislature of that state;
(b) requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service other than a draft during a declared war or pursuant to or as an alternative to incarceration after due process of law;
(c) requiring involuntary servitude or governmental service of persons under the age of 18 other than pursuant to or as an alternative to incarceration after due process of law;
(d) surrendering any power delegated or not delegated to any corporation or foreign government;
(e) any act regarding religion, further limitations on freedom of political speech, or further limitations on freedom of the press; or
(f) any act regarding the right to keep and bear arms or further limitations on the right to bear arms, including any restrictions on the type or number of firearms or the amount or type of ammunition any law-abiding citizen may purchase, own, or possess.
(22) That if any act of Congress becomes law or if an Executive Order or Judicial Order is put into force related to the reservations expressed in this resolution, Montana's "Compact With the United States" is breached and all powers previously delegated to the United States by the federal Constitution and Bill of Rights revert to the states individually.
(23) That any future government of the United States shall require ratification of three-fourths of the states seeking to form a government and shall not be binding upon any state not seeking to form a government.
(24) That the Secretary of State send copies of this resolution to the President of the United States and to each member of the United States Congress.
- END -
Latest Version of HJ 26 (HJ0026.01)
Processed for the Web on February 17, 2009 (4:52pm)
New language in a bill appears underlined, deleted material appears stricken.
Sponsor names are handwritten on introduced bills, hence do not appear on the bill until it is reprinted.
See the status of this bill for the bill's primary sponsor.
Prepared by Montana Legislative Services
(406) 444-3064
Montana is my favorite state!
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I spoke to Larry Parks
He and Dr. Vieira testified. Dr. Parks said it went very well. I don't think G. Edward Griffin got a chance to speak, but he was on the line and was very pleased with Larry's presentation. More information will be forthcoming soon. Good things in the works.
Who is Larry Parks?
I posted a five part series here on the Daily Paul by Dr. Larry parks a few months ago. It is still available at http://www.constitutionalmoney.org.
Dr. Parks is the Executive Director of the Foundation for the Advancement of Monetary Education (FAME), whose Board of Advisors includes Dr. Paul and many other heavy-hitters who advocate honest money. His writings have appeared in Pensions & Investments, The Economist, The Washington Times, The Freeman, The Free Market, American Outlook, The United States Congressional Record, National Review, and others.
In 2001 Dr. Parks wrote the book What Does Mr. Greenspan Really Think? which is available for free in PDF form here. Here are a few of the things that have been written about it:
humanic: thanks for the update of this important bill!
We need this bill passed before it hits the fan.
My pleasure
Clarification: It was on HB 639 that they testified for those who don't know. (I know you already knew this Steve.)
There is still time to get this Bill HB26 passed! 831 signatures
on petition for this HB26. Please click on this petition and read some of the posted comments.
Here is what I know from our state coordinator for Campaign for Liberty, David Hart.
Hi Steve – thanks for your efforts. We need to apply pressure to the Dems on that committee. No progress yet, but it’s still alive and things are being done behind the scenes to get it moving. HJ 26 doesn’t have another scheduled hearing at this time, and yesterday was just another day to call and apply the pressure needed every day until this breaks loose. Thanks, Dave
Montana HB 639: Sound Money Bill - Gold and Silver.
We here in Montana have an excellent piece of legislation that is just now starting its slow progress in the legislature.
House Bill 639 the Sound Money Bill (it will establish authority & requirements for Montana to transact business in Gold & Silver, this is an alternative to the Federal Reserve Note)
Look it up here http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0639.htm
The first hearing is scheduled in the House State Administration Committee tomorrow Thursday, March 12th, 9:00AM, Room 455 of the State Capital Bldg.
At this hearing we have internationally recognized monetary experts testifying right alongside many of us regular Montanans.
In the future we plan on giving everyone a heads up so that we can have caravans headed down in order to show our representatives that we mean business with this bill. If you cannot travel to Helena you can always call in and leave a message for individual legislators or whole committees.
Calls to the Montana Legislative Message Desk are accepted Mon-Fri, 7:30am – 5:00pm at 406-444-4800.
Be very brief. Give your name and contact info, the name Committee whom the message is for, and a short message such as:
"Please support HB 639.", Call before 9:AM tomorrow morning at the latest!
This is a bill that all of us should be behind whole heartedly so please take action and head to Helena or call in today/tomorrow morning or forward this on to every Montanan that is in your contact list, you could even phone your family and friends that do not have/use a computer and pass along the info so that they can be involved.
If anybody is interested in going to Helena from the Kalispell area please contact Dane Clark. Also if anyone wants to help others get to Helena by offering a seat in your automobile or by donating gas money or by lending a car/van/bus please contact Dane as well. This is no time to be shy or to sit on your hands.
Dane’s contact info is: cell - 406-270-5525 email - daneclark1976@hotmail.com
For Freedom,
Ewin Vieira, G. Edward Griffin, James Turk, Larry Parks...
will all be testifying before the Montana Legislature as expert witnesses for a sound money system for passage of:
HB 639
Establish Authority & Requirements for State to Transact Business in Gold & Silver (Sound Money Bill for alternative to Federal Reserve fiat currency) - SUPPORT
This is scheduled for hearing Thursday, March 12th, 9:00AM, Room 455 of the State Capital Bldg. .
Montana Sound Money Bill HB 639
House Bill 639 the Sound Money Bill (it will establish authority & requirements for Montana to transact business in Gold & Silver, this is an alternative to the Federal Reserve Note)
Look it up here http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0639.htm
The first hearing is scheduled in the House State Administration Committee tomorrow Thursday, March 12th, 9:00AM, Room 455 of the State Capital Bldg.
At this hearing we have internationally recognized monetary experts testifying right alongside many of us regular Montanans.
In the future we plan on giving everyone a heads up so that we can have caravans headed down in order to show our representatives that we mean business with this bill. If you cannot travel to Helena you can always call in and leave a message for individual legislators or whole committees.
Calls to the Montana Legislative Message Desk are accepted Mon-Fri, 7:30am – 5:00pm at 406-444-4800.
Be very brief. Give your name and contact info, the name Committee whom the message is for, and a short message such as:
"Please support HB 639.", Call before 9:AM tomorrow morning at the latest!
This is a bill that all of us should be behind whole heartedly so please take action and head to Helena or call in today/tomorrow morning or forward this on to every Montanan that is in your contact list, you could even phone your family and friends that do not have/use a computer and pass along the info so that they can be involved.
If anybody is interested in going to Helena from the Kalispell area please contact Dane Clark. Also if anyone wants to help others get to Helena by offering a seat in your automobile or by donating gas money or by lending a car/van/bus please contact Dane as well. This is no time to be shy or to sit on your hands.
Dane’s contact info is: cell - 406-270-5525 email - daneclark1976@hotmail.com
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What are you fightin' for?
Love me, I'm a liberal!
Freedom is only for those with the guts to defend it!
What are you fightin' for?
Caught in the middle?
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I have been trying to get the details of what happened..
yesterday, without success. I will share the news of what occurred as soon as I know something. "Shawn4Liberty" is also from Montana. Perhaps he has a better source for this info.
These are the important bills for Montana:
Note Bill HB 639 Ewin Vieira and G. Edward Griffin, and James Turk, and Larry Parks will all be Testifying before the Montana Legislature as expert witnesses for a sound money system.
1) HB-246 - Exempt Montana-Made Firearms and Ammunition from Commerce Clause (also a State Rights issue) – SUPPORT
Call and leave a message for all members of the House Appropriates Committee, asking them to support HB-246, and that you want HB 246 released by the Appropriations Committee for a 3rd reading on the House Floor.
This is all about state's rights, and more clearly drawing the line on the separation of powers between the Congress and the states.
HB 246 declares that any firearms made and retained in Montana are not subject to ANY federal control or regulation under the power of Congress to regulate commerce among the states (the "commerce clause" of the U.S. Constitution). The purpose of HB 246 is to set up a legal challenge in federal court to Congress's commerce clause power. If we win that legal challenge, then we get to make our own guns here in Montana unfettered by any federal rules. HB-246 passed the House on Second Reading by a vote of 64-36. However, HB 246 was re-referred to the House Appropriations Committee to consider the Fiscal Note attached.
In that Fiscal Note, the Attorney General said he'd have to hire outside legal counsel to being the vetting lawsuit in federal court required by HB 246, at a cost of $60,000.
This despite that there are 252 attorneys working for the Montana executive branch, with about 50 attorneys working for the Attorney General.
The House Appropriations Committee will hold a public hearing on HB 246 Monday morning March 9th, at 8 AM. Be there if you can to speak in favor of HB 246, or call and leave messages to Committee members.
2) HJ-26 - Urge Protection of States Rights (Montana State Sovereignty) - SUPPORT – This resolution is NOT dead, and is perhaps the most important piece of legislation this session.
DON’T LET UP ON THIS BILL. Continually contact the Dem’s on the House Judiciary Committee until we get heard.
First of all, please click this link read a background on how this bill was handled, and to sign the petition for this bill to get a fair hearing
http://www.petitiononline.com/mt09HJ26/petition.html (thank you Illa Adams for setting this up!) DO THIS TODAY. The petition will be hand delivered this Monday.
Next - You should also call on Monday (and everyday) and leave a message for all members of the House Judiciary Committee, as well as House Speaker Rep. Bob Bergren (D).
Tell them you expect them to allow HJ-26 be brought to the House Floor for proper debate and vote.
Leave a message for House Bob Bergren that he has acted unethically, ignoring the people of Montana and his oath of Office.
Leave a message for all committee members, that if they vote NO on HJ 26, they will have voted against the will of the people and have voted against their own oath to the Constitution.
Remind legislators that many of them voted for the bill last session to reject federal Real ID. HJ 26 is just the next step after rejecting Real ID.
We only need to turn ONE Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee to get HJ 26 sprung and moving. These representatives are your assignment. Get to work.
A YouTube to bring you up to speed on how House Speaker Bergren dealt with this resolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqsYuN7z44&eurl=http://www.r...
For another GREAT approach to apply continued pressure on the Dem’s for HJ-26 is, listen to the attached 30 sec. and 60 sec. radio ads created by patriot Laura Pivonka.
More radio spots have been created, and can be found at http://www.decide2vote.com/
Consider using them and pay for running these spots in the legislative districts of the 9 Dems who voted to kill HJ-26 (it’s NOT expensive), and let them feel the heat!
Recent articles about this bill can be found at:
http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2009/02/27/montanans-object-...
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/02/25/news/10...
3) HB-639 – Establish Authority & Requirements for State to Transact Business in Gold & Silver (Sound Money Bill for alternative to Federal Reserve fiat currency) - SUPPORT
This is scheduled for hearing Thursday, March 12th, 9:00AM, Room 455 of the State Capital Bldg.
Call and leave a message for all members of the House State Administration Committee, telling them to support HB-639.
Constitutional expert Dr. Edwin Vieira crafted the New Hampshire Sound Money Bill which was used as a template for HB-639.
Dr. Vieira has been consulting with us and has introduced us to Dr. Larry Parks and James Turk (internationally recognized monetary experts) to provide additional expert testimony at the committee hearing.
It is up to us to create the groundswell support to get this Bill out of Committee and onto the Floor for discussion and action. We have it in our power to send the Legislator's on the State Administration Committee a clear message of overwhelming support for this important legislation.
HB 639 will provide an alternative to the privately owned Federal Reserve fiat monetary system for the State of Montana. If you read this bill, you will realize that it does not force or mandate it's use it by the State or citizens. It merely creates the framework for a system of "sound money”. This system will be set up using the State Tobacco Tax as seed money to fund the account and can be expanded when the Federal Reserve System and their accomplices at Treasury intentionally collapse our (their) existing monetary system. Please download a copy of HB 639 so that you can understand the structure.
Please think about traveling to Helena for support and testimony next week, and start talking and emailing your families and friends about why we need to support this cause for freedom.
4) HB-228 - Citizen Self-Defense and Firearm Rights – SUPPORT
This is Montana Shooting Sports Association’s flagship legislation. It's not yet time for an avalanche of messages to committee members, but soon. It’s scheduled for Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings on 3/17.
Put a note on your calendar the day before (3/16) and call to leave a message for all members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, telling them to support HB-228.
HB 228 clarifies a number of gray areas in Montana law about when and how a person may possess and use a firearm for self defense without fear of prosecution.
5) HB-455 - Big Sky Rivers Act (property rights issue) - OPPOSE
Call and leave a message for all members of the House Local Government Committee, telling them to oppose and kill HB-455 in Committee.
This bill will do what the Missouri River Monument did (basically) to the rest of the rivers in MT.
This bill says that anyone who has land along a river and wants to build their home there, must provide 250 ft. for the river to grow. They are not allowed to build any structures on this land, and it must have vegetation to help prevent erosion. There is no compensation for the land owner not being able to build on their land, and is another unconstitutional land grab without any compensation. Part of the additional problem is how streams in Montana are defined. If water flows for a few hours during spring run-off, it is then considered a stream in Montana, which any thinking person would realize should not be treated in the same manner as the Missouri River.
6) HB-30 – Youth Election Judges - OPPOSE
Call and leave a message with all members of the Senate Administration Committee to vote NO on HB 30.
“Minor Children should not be in charge of Montana’s Elections”. Also if you Senator is not on the committee, ask to leave him a message as well.
Most likely it will be a couple of days after the hearing before the final committee decision will be made, so if you can’t call before the hearing, call as soon as possible.
This is a House bill to dramatically change election laws in Montana, it is called the student election judge bill. This would allow half of Montana’s official election judges be minor children.
On the surface most of us are very excited to see kids take a serious interest in our government. However with authority also comes responsibility and that is where this legislation becomes very problematic.
If minors aren't old enough to vote, how is it that they are old enough to be Election Judges? HB 30 would put the teachers union in the position to indirectly choose half the election judges due to the requirement that these minor children have to receive the approval of their school principle . . . discriminating against homeschoolers and private school students by not specifically including them in the Bill. HB 30 is part of a much bigger plan that originated out of Chicago, and being pushed by a liberal non-profit organization to further weaken the safe guards against voter fraud nation-wide.
That’s probably enough for now. Thank you for TAKING ACTION, CALLING HELENA, and emailing this to your contacts.
What happened in Montana yesterday?
Anybody know? Bump for updates!
Truth exists, and it deserves to be cherished.
According to the state
According to the state website this bill is "probably dead" as of 2/26. I can't find any info. that says this was supposed to be voted on, it never made it out of committee. http://laws.leg.mt.gov/laws09/LAW0203W$BSRV.ActionQuery?P_BLTP_BILL_TYP_CD=HJ&P_BILL_NO=26&P_BILL_DFT_NO=&P_CHPT_NO=&Z_ACTION=Find&P_SBJ_DESCR=&P_SBJT_SBJ_CD=&P_LST_NM1=&P_ENTY_ID_SEQ=
thanks, I thought SteveMT indicated it was still viable
and being voted on yesterday.
Anybody kinow anything for sure?
Truth exists, and it deserves to be cherished.
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go Montana! God speed on your journey to freedom!
Please keep us updated!
Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips
But that man should play the tyrant over God, and find Him a better man than himself, is astonishing drama indeed!~~D. Sayers
There is no difference between an authoritarian government from the right or the left...F. A.Schaeffer
Go Montana!
I think Im late and as far as I can tell it failed. Does anyone know for sure?
For Montana
We also need to blow out the switchboard in Helena (3/09/09) for H. B. 639.
This is the sound money bill that was crafted for Montana by some of the same people who created New Hampshire's and Indiana's bills.
Check it out here: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HB0639.htm
We must fight on all fronts and at all levels. Politicians don't respect you until they fear you. One of the things they fear most is a mass awareness and objection to or support for something they have to vote on.
Keep up the good fight.
HB 639 "Sound Money Bill" is being heard before the House "State Administration Committee" on Thursday, March 12th at 9:00 am MDT. This bill creates a template for a return to the "sound money system" outlined in: Article 1, Sections 8 & 10 of the United States Constitution and in use prior to The Federal Reserve Act of 1913. We are now operating under a monetary system that unconstitutionally turned the control of our national monetary policy over to privately owned (for profit) banks that loan every penny of our money supply to us at interest after they create it out of thin air. Much of the stock of The Federal Reserve is owned by foreign banking interests. HB 639 creates a framework for an alternative (strictly voluntary) gold and silver backed trust account funded from Tobacco Tax receipts. This account will be available for conduct of State & Political Subdivision financial transactions in gold, silver and/or electronic gold currency as an option to transactions using Federal Reserve notes. This bill does not mandate the use of gold and silver in State and personal transactions, it merely provides the State an alternative monetary policy in case the Federal Reserve system fails. Any funds or precious metals backing this system can be liquidated at any time and should the Federal Reserve system straighten out their problems, this alternative system could be terminated at any time.
Please call the Legislative Switchboard @ (406) 444 - 4800 and tell the State Administration Committee that you want HB 639 passed out of Committee and brought before the entire Legislature for a YES vote.
Right on Shawn. I've been on this all day. 650 signatures today
We need a lot more.
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Freedom is only for those with the guts to defend it!
What are you fightin' for?
Caught in the middle?
Freedom is only for those with the guts to defend it!
wut D4L sez
**the soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears**
**the soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears**
wut D4L sez goes huh? lol
What are you fightin' for?
Love me, I'm a liberal!
Freedom is only for those with the guts to defend it!
What are you fightin' for?
Caught in the middle?
Freedom is only for those with the guts to defend it!
Keep Montana Free
Please Everyone, Email Bob Bergren and respectfully request that he support HJ 26.
mailto:bergren@bobbergren.com
Urgent
This petition only has 618 signatures so far. Please email these links below to everyone you know even if they don't live in Montana. Thay may know someone that does. And please post this information on every forum that you have access to. Let's get this info out there. Encourage everyone to call and emal the Montana legislators nonstop over the next 24 hours.
Let's not let this fail. Please, Please keep this important issue on top.
Petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/mt09HJ26/petition.html
Link to HJ26 context
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2009/billhtml/HJ0026.htm
(406) 444-4800 Montana House Phone general number
Email and Phone numbers for Montana legislators
http://www.leg.mt.gov/css/default.asp
Thanks englewolf: I've been trying most of the day....
to get the word out about this bill and petition.
Thank you!
I hope to be moving to Kalispell soon so I really want to see this pass!
Encourage everyone to slam the phone lines in the morning. And esecially call Bob Bergan (D) and demand that this is passed.
We can get this passed if we put on enough pressure.
I hope Montana has more balls than New Hampshire
New hampshire suffered from an over abundance of democrats when their bill was voted on.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants
That is the best sovereignty
That is the best sovereignty resolution I've read so far!
But the bill status reads "probably dead". It barely made it through to have a second reading, but the deadline was missed.
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The bill is not dead. 600+ Montanans have already signed...
this petition in one day. This is what I was sent.
HJ-26 - Urge Protection of States Rights (Montana State Sovereignty) - SUPPORT – This resolution is NOT dead, and is perhaps the most important piece of legislation this session.
DON’T LET UP ON THIS BILL. Continually contact the Dem’s on the House Judiciary Committee until we get heard.
First of all, please click this link read a background on how this bill was handled, and to sign the petition for this bill to get a fair hearing
http://www.petitiononline.com/mt09HJ26/petition.html (thank you Illa Adams for setting this up!) DO THIS TODAY. The petition will be hand delivered this Monday.
Next - You should also call on Monday (and everyday) and leave a message for all members of the House Judiciary Committee, as well as House Speaker Rep. Bob Bergren (D).
Tell them you expect them to allow HJ-26 be brought to the House Floor for proper debate and vote.
Leave a message for House Bob Bergren that he has acted unethically, ignoring the people of Montana and his oath of Office.
Leave a message for all committee members, that if they vote NO on HJ 26, they will have voted against the will of the people and have voted against their own oath to the Constitution.
Remind legislators that many of them voted for the bill last session to reject federal Real ID. HJ 26 is just the next step after rejecting Real ID.
We only need to turn ONE Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee to get HJ 26 sprung and moving. These representatives are your assignment. Get to work.
A YouTube to bring you up to speed on how House Speaker Bergren dealt with this resolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqsYuN7z44&eurl=http://www.r...
For another GREAT approach to apply continued pressure on the Dem’s for HJ-26 is, listen to the attached 30 sec. and 60 sec. radio ads created by patriot Laura Pivonka.
More radio spots have been created, and can be found at http://www.decide2vote.com/
Consider using them and pay for running these spots in the legislative districts of the 9 Dems who voted to kill HJ-26 (it’s NOT expensive), and let them feel the heat!
Recent articles about this bill can be found at:
http://westinstenv.org/wildpeop/2009/02/27/montanans-object-...
http://bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/02/25/news/10...