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HCR 45: when Donald Trump’s (r) willful incompetence distracts you from the important things in life

20 Wednesday Feb 2019

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So much worry.

Or, it could have been an inadvertent oversight.

Filed today by Representative Jeff Pogue (r):

HCR 45
Urges Congress refrain from adopting the USMCA.
Sponsor: Pogue, Jeff (143)
Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2019
LR Number: 1762H.01I
Last Action: 02/20/2019 – Introduced and Read First Time (H)
Bill String: HCR 45
Next House Hearing: Hearing not scheduled
Calendar: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS FOR SECOND READING

The text:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION
House Concurrent Resolution No. 45 [pdf]
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE POGUE. 1762H.01I DANA RADEMAN MILLER, Chief Clerk

WHEREAS, the United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement (USMCA) may be implemented by Congress under federal law; and

WHEREAS, articles 23.9 and 23.1 of USMCA require legislation by member states to prevent workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity; and

WHEREAS, numerous members of Congress signed a letter to President Trump arguing that trade agreements are not the proper format to conduct experiments in domestic social policy; and

WHEREAS, the final version of the treaty contains a footnote stipulating that the United States is in full compliance with USMCA under the current interpretation of our federal laws; and

WHEREAS, ratification of USMCA by the Senate of the United States with the language involving gender identity and sexual orientation could be confusing given that USMCA, by its own terms, does not require any change to current federal law to conform to such language:

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the One Hundredth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby recommends that the United States Senate refrain from ratification of USMCA or, in the alternative, that the Congress of the United States refrain from implementation of USMCA in any manner contrary to current federal law; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare a properly inscribed copy of this resolution for the President of the United States, the Majority Leader of the United States Senate, and the members of the Missouri congressional delegation.

Evidently someone has been losing sleep with all that worry.

It’s a terrible thing when you know somewhere out there someone else might believe other human beings should have the same rights as everyone else.

Previously:

HB 1136: legislative interior design (March 9, 2015)

HB 1338: the water closet caucus (March 13, 2015)

HB 1341: Is a home defense trebuchet covered in the act? (March 15, 2016)

Modern Times (March 23, 2015)

HB 2196: blah, blah, guns, tenther drivel, blah, recycle, blah, stir… (January 13, 2016)

HJR 110: res judicata (March 15, 2016)

HB 201: writing (December 13, 2016)

HB 203: Suffer little children… (December 14, 2016)

HB 1177: the Republic of Gilead (March 2, 2017)

HB 786: tenther drivel…again (February 1, 2019)

HB 775: if you’ve ever wondered what you would have done in the 1930s, you’re doing it now (February 2, 2019)

HB 797: Most people don’t really care, as long as you wash your hands after using it. (February 6, 2019)

HCR 30: impeccable logic (February 7, 2019)

HCR 45: the good thing for republicans is they don't think it applies to Newt Gingrich (r)

12 Saturday Mar 2011

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For the sponsors that would probably be a feature, not a bug.

Jobs initiatives, what jobs initiatives? It’s all about teh gays with republicans:

HCR 45

Urges the President of the United States and the United States Congress to uphold and defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act

Sponsor: Pollock, Darrell (146)

Co-Sponsor: Gatschenberger, Chuck (013) … et al.

Proposed Effective Date: 8/28/2011

LR Number: 1974L.01I

Last Action: 3/10/2011 – Offered (H)

Bill String: HCR 45

Next Hearing: Hearing not scheduled

Calendar: Bill currently not on a calendar

So, if you’re gonna “defend” marriage do you think any or all of your party’s potential presidential nominees should probably be successful at it first? Just asking.

The bill:

FIRST REGULAR SESSION

House Concurrent Resolution No. 45

96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY



INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES POLLOCK (Sponsor), GATSCHENBERGER, DUGGER, WELLS, WRIGHT, LOEHNER, KEENEY, ROWLAND, COX, LANT, REIBOLDT, DAVIS, FUHR, SCHOELLER, ENTLICHER, HOSKINS, SCHAD, SOLON, STREAM, THOMSON, COOKSON, BROWN (116), HIGDON, KORMAN, DENISON, LONG, KOENIG, FISHER, GRISAMORE, CURTMAN, McCAHERTY, FREDERICK, SCHATZ, HOUGHTON, CRAWFORD, ELMER, HAMPTON, CIERPIOT, SCHIEBER, FITZWATER, HOUGH, CROSS, JONES (89), LICHTENEGGER, LASATER, BAHR, FRAKER, WALLINGFORD, RICHARDSON, JONES (117), FUNDERBURK, FLANIGAN AND ASBURY (Co-sponsors).

1974L.01I

           WHEREAS, states have plenary power to recognize marriages, to establish their own public policies with regard to the institution of marriage, and to provide for the benefits related to marriage in a rational manner; and

           WHEREAS, Article I, Section 33 of the Missouri Constitution states:

“That to be valid and recognized in this state, a marriage shall exist only between a man and a woman.”; and

           WHEREAS, Article I, Section 33 of the Missouri Constitution as adopted on August 3, 2004, is an expression of the supermajority will of Missouri citizens having passed in every county in Missouri and having passed by a total percentage of 71% in favor of the amendment; and

           WHEREAS, the primary function and purpose of Article I, Section 33 of the Missouri Constitution is to express the State of Missouri’s support for the longstanding secular and religious tradition of marriage between a man and a woman and not to invidiously discriminate against a particular class of persons; and

           WHEREAS, the extremely rare and perplexing refusal of President Barack Obama’s Administration to defend the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court, as expressed in a February 23, 2011, letter from Attorney General Eric H. Holder, Jr. to House Speaker John Boehner, is a serious threat to the rule of law; and

           WHEREAS, the Obama Administration’s articulation of a novel legal theory whereby sexual orientation is elevated to the status of “heightened scrutiny” under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution is without precedential support, and poses a serious threat to the longstanding rights of the states to recognize marriage and to establish their own public policies with regard to the institution of marriage:

           NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the members of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-sixth General Assembly, First Regular Session, the Senate concurring therein, hereby urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to uphold and defend the federal Defense of Marriage Act; and

           BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Missouri General Assembly further urges the United States Congress and the President of the United States to uphold and defend the traditional right of states to legislate with a rational basis to recognize marriages, establish their own public policies with regard to the institution of marriage, and to provide benefits related to the institution of marriage; and

           BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chief Clerk of the Missouri House of Representatives be instructed to prepare properly inscribed copies of this resolution for the President of the United States, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and each member of the Missouri Congressional Delegation.

[emphasis in original]

Jobs? What jobs?