Legislatures across the country, many who don’t believe Obama is eligible to be President, have tried and failed to pass legislation that would make it harder for Presidential candidates to prove their citizenship. Many of the legislators attempting to pass these bills don’t believe President Obama is an American citizen.
Here’s the list of bills that have been submitted, but never passed, that attempt to establish requirements for proof of eligibility to run for President.
List Compiled by WND;
Arizona:House Bill 2177, which requires a candidate to submit to the Arizona secretary of state a long-form birth certificate, or various other birth proofs in case the candidate doesn’t possess such a document, made it further in the process than any of the other bills, save New Hampshire’s
As WND reported,the measure passed through the Arizona Legislature, but was vetoed on April 18 by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who said, “I do not support designating one person as the gatekeeper to the ballot for a candidate, which could lead to arbitrary or politically motivated decisions.”
She added: “I never imagined being presented with a bill that could require candidates for president … to submit their ‘early baptismal or circumcision certificates’ among other records. … This is a bridge too far.”
Connecticut:SB 291, which requires candidates to provide “an original birth certificate,” was referred to the state Senate’s Joint Committee on Government, Administration and Elections, where it has lingered since Jan. 20.
Georgia:HB 37, submitted by State Rep. Bobby Franklin, requires only that candidates provide “original documentation” demonstrating eligibility. On Jan. 24, it was assigned to the House Judiciary Committee, where the state’s online records don’t even list the bill as having been placed on the committee’s agenda.
Indiana:Sen. Mike Delph proposedSB114,which requires candidates for president and vice president to produce their birth certificates. It as assigned to committee, where it has remained, stuck, since Jan. 5.
Iowa:SF 368, proposed by Sen. Kent Sorenson, requires birth certificates be filed for presidential and vice presidential candidates. It was referred to committee on March 2, subcommittee on March 3, and there it remains.
Louisiana:Rep. Alan Seabuagh and Sen. A.G. Crowe were assured of their governor’s signature if they could passHB 561, which requires not only those seeking the presidency, but also those seeking election to the U.S. House and Senate, to submit “an original or certified copy of the candidate’s birth certificate that includes the date and place of birth, the names of the hospital and the attending physician, and signatures of the witnesses in attendance,” among other affidavits verifying residency and eligibility requirements.
“It’s not part of our package, but if the legislature passes it, we’ll sign it,” Kyle Plotkin, press secretary to Gov. Bobby Jindal, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
Seabaugh told the New Orleans newspaper he’s concerned that of all of the eligibility cases brought to court, attorneys representing the president have prevented any from reaching the stage in which evidence could be obtained.
“Not one of them has ever been decided on the merits,” Seabaugh told the newspaper. “As an attorney, that’s offensive to me.”
HB 561 was referred to House and Governmental Affairs committee on April 25, and nothing has happened on it since.
Maine:LD 34, which requires candidates for nomination by primary election or petition to provide copies of their birth certificates and driver’s licenses, was killed by unanimous vote in committee on March 17. It is now listed as “dead” in the state’s Senate files.
Missouri:HB 283, which requires only “proof of identity and proof of United States citizenship,” was given a public hearing on March 1, but was never placed on the legislative calendar.
Montana:Rep. Bob Wagner’sHB 205requires presidential candidates to file a copy of their birth certificate as well as “documentary proof” of citizenship and residency. The bill died in committee on April 28.
Nebraska:Sen. Mark Christensen’sLB 654seeks not only proof of birth, but harkens back to 18th century Swiss philosopher Emmerich de Vattel, who defined natural-born citizenship around the time of the writing of the Constitution as “those born in the country, of parents who are citizens.”
LB 654 requires a candidate seeking the presidency to not only provide a copy of his or her long-form birth certificate, but also proof of his or her parents’ citizenship at the time of the candidate’s birth and a signed affidavit affirming, “I was born a citizen of the United States of America and was subject exclusively to the jurisdiction of the United States of America, owing allegiance to no other country at the time of my birth. On the day I was born, both my birth mother and birth father were citizens of the United States of America.”
The bill was referred to the Nebraska Senate’s Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, where it has remained since Jan. 21.
Oklahoma:State Sen. Rick Brinkley’sSB 91came very close to becoming law.
SB 91 requires that all candidates – not just those for president – shall “provide proof of identity and eligibility to hold the office.” It requires the secretary of state to write up rules to specify the documentation that will be required and mandates that the documents be made available for public inspection.
Referencing Oklahoma voters’ strong support for State Question 746, a voter ID ballot measure approved last year, Brinkley said it was sensible that candidates meet the same minimal requirement.
“In November, 74 percent of Oklahoma voters were in agreement that they should have to show an ID and prove who they were and that they were eligible to vote,” said Brinkley, R-Owasso. “I believe the voters would agree that those on the ballot should have to do the same thing.”
Though a version of Brinkley’s bill passed in both the Oklahoma House and Senate, a series of amendments ultimately doomed it.
A representative fromSen. Brinkley’s officetold WND the bill went to conference to attempt to reconcile the House and Senate versions, only to die in that committee on May 18. The representative explained Brinkley would have to run the bill through again before the legislature would reconsider it.
Pennsylvania:HB 1350, introduced by State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe, requires presidential candidates to provide “proof” of natural-born citizenship.
“This legislation is intended to send the message that even those candidates who are running for our nation’s highest office are not above the law,” Metcalfe said in his announcement about the plan. “Final passage of this legislation will provide additional levels of both trust and verification that anyone seeking elected office in Pennsylvania is just as much an American citizen as the voters supporting their candidacy.
“America’s founding fathers said it best, ‘a well-informed electorate taught to know and prize their God-given rights cannot be enslaved,’” he continued. “As a veteran and an elected official who takes an oath of office, just like every past and future president of the United States, to uphold and defend the constitutional rights of the citizens I represent, it is beyond perplexing and greatly troubling that a political candidate can ascend to the highest levels of government without providing sufficient documentation verifying his or her place of birth or American citizenship.”
HB 1350 was referred to House State Government committee, with no action listed since April 20, even though Metcalfe is majority chair of the committee.
Tennessee:SB 0366, introduced by Sen. Mae Beavers, also takes up the issue of allegiance in the definition of “natural-born citizen,” requiring both “an original long form birth certificate that includes the date and place of birth, the names of the hospital and the attending physician and signatures of the witnesses in attendance” and “a sworn statement attesting that the candidate has not held dual or multiple citizenship and that the candidate’s allegiance is solely to the United States.”
SB 0366 was referred to committee on Feb. 10, and has remained dormant since.
Texas:HB 295, proposed by Rep. Leo Berman, adds to the state election code the provision: “The secretary of state may not certify the name of a candidate for president or vice-president unless the candidate has presented the candidate’s original birth certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States citizen.”
It includes an effective date of Sept. 1, 2011, in time for 2012 presidential campaigning.
Berman told WND he’s seen neither evidence nor indication that Obama qualifies under the Constitution’s requirement that a president be a “natural-born citizen.”
“If the federal government is not going to vet these people, like they vetted John McCain, we’ll do it in our state,” he said.
HB 295 has been stuck in committee since Feb. 15
There also was, during the last session of Congress in Washington, D.C.,U.S. Rep. Bill Posey’s billH.R. 1503, which stated:
“To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require the principal campaign committee of a candidate for election to the office of President to include with the committee’s statement of organization a copy of the candidate’s birth certificate, together with such other documentation as may be necessary to establish that the candidate meets the qualifications for eligibility to the Office of President under the Constitution.”
The bill also provided:
“Congress finds that under … the Constitution of the United States, in order to be eligible to serve as President, an individual must be a natural-born citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 35 years and has been a resident within the United States for at least 14 years.”
Though it had more than a dozen sponsors, Posey’s bill died at the end of the last Congress.
A petition, already signed by tens of thousands, calls state lawmakers to make sure the next president of the United States qualifies under the Constitution’s eligibility requirements.
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It never ceases to amaze me that insane liberals will say anything they want regardless of facts. In this case, the definition of a “natural born citizen” is based upon being born of TWO parents, BOTH of whom are US citizens at the time of the child’s birth. William’s argument is not only incomplete but it is false and he knows it. The SCOTUS decided the case in Minor vs Happersett in 1874. Just because no congressman has the courage to challenge Oscuma has no bearing on the FACT that he is not nor ever can be a natural born citizen. He is a fraud and a traitor and should be charged with treason along with anyone who covered up his fraud.