State representatives file birth certificate bill filed for presidential candidates

Leo Berman, Texas State Legislator, Introduces 'Birther' Bill
Texas State Representative Leo Berman (R) furthered his campaign against President Obama Tuesday, a man that he has before characterized as "God's punishment on us," by introducing a Bill that would require future Presidential and vice-presidential Candidates to produce "the original Birth Certificate indicating that the person is a natural-born United States Citizen" to the Texas Secretary of State. Berman told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal that the bill, House Bill 295, is a compulsory step ...

Birther Bill Introduced in Texas
Dave Weigel notes that "one side effect of the GOP's historic gains in State legislative Elections this year will be an uptick in Legislation demanding proof of Barack Obama's Citizenship," and points to Texas, where a Republican State Representative has filed Legislation that would require Candidates for president to provide their Birth Certificate to the Texas Secretary of State. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal quotes State Rep. Leo Berman (R): "This bill is necessary because we have a presiden...

Texas Republican lawmaker introduces birther bill
Stumble This! A Republican State Representative in Texas filed a Bill on Tuesday that would require any Candidate for president or Vice President of the United States to provide his or her Birth Certificate to the Texas Secretary of State. "This Bill is necessary because we have a president whom the American People don't know whether he was born in Kenya or some other place," Leo Berman, who has represented the 6th District of Texas since 1999, told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. "If you are ru...

Show Birth Certificate, Or Don't Get On Ballot...Eligibility Storm Clouds On Horizon For Obama
Show birth certificate, or don't get on ballot Eligibility storm clouds on horizon for Obama wnd A Texas state lawmaker has filed a bill that would require candidates for president or vice president to show their birth certificates to the secretary of state before being allowed on the ballot, and the measure could become effective as early as next year if adopted and signed into law. The move by Rep. Leo Berman, R-Tyler, renews the threat to a second Oval Office term for Barack Obama that was...

Birther Bill Introduced in Texas
Dave Weigel notes that "one side effect of the GOP's historic gains in State legislative Elections this year will be an uptick in Legislation demanding proof of Barack Obama's Citizenship," and points to Texas, where a Republican State Representative has filed Legislation that would require Candidates for president to provide their Birth Certificate to the Texas Secretary of State. The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal quotes State Rep. Leo Berman (R): "This bill is necessary because we have a presiden...

Texas Republican Files Birther Bill
No one wants to think about it, but one side effect of the GOP's historic gains in State legislative Elections this year will be an uptick in Legislation demanding proof of Barack Obama's Citizenship. There were half a dozen such Bills in 2009-2010, in States like Georgia and Arizona, but they all petered out in part because Republicans didn't have the numbers or momentum to consider Controversial bills. That's no longer a problem. A State Representative on Tuesday filed a bill that would requ...

Coburn backing Birther bill - Ben Smith - POLITICO.com
WorldNetDaily, all over the story of the fringey questions about Obama's Birth, finds a senator who is backing Legislation driven by the Birther Movement: Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., says it's the responsibility of the States to make sure political Candidates are eligible for the offices they seek, but he's in favor of both State and Federal demands that future Presidential Candidates have a formal procedure to document their qualifications. The relatively strong statement from Coburn on the iss...

Quote of the Day: The Birther Bill
Leo Berman — the Texas State Representative who previously promised to get even with The Almighty for having smitten our fair nation with President Obama — explains the logic behind the new bill he introduced in Austin yesterday which would require all U.S. Presidential Candidates to present the Texas Secretary of State with a Birth Certificate before being allowed on State ballots… "This bill is necessary because we have a president whom the American People don't k...

House Republicans Back No-Earmarks Rule
Republicans in the House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of a rule banning special-purpose spending provisions known as Earmarks from being inserted in Legislation in the next Congress. While the Caucus has approved similar motions before, this time, because the new Congress will have a Republican majority, what they say now goes: Under the rule, House Democrats will not be allowed to insert Earmarks, either. “Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith wi...

Presidential 'Birther' Bill Filed in Texas Legislature
Call it the "Birther" bill. Any candidate for president or vice president would be required to submit his or her Birth Certificate to the Texas Secretary of State to qualify for the ballot there, under a measure filed this week in the Legislature of the Lone Star State. The bill was introduced by state Rep. Leo Berman, a Republican who doubts the citizenship of President Barack Obama, the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal reported Wednesday. "This bill is necessary because we have a president whom the A...

Missouri Birther Caucus: discredited Obama myths should be written in the Constitution
A new Constitutional Amendment from House Republicans, ostensibly written to protect voters from Fraud, is actually a vehicle for the Capitol Crazies to peddle fraudulent Conspiracy theories about President Obama. Rep. Robert Cooper's Voter ID proposal includes language that would require the Missouri Secretary of State to request the official Birth Certificate of Presidential Candidates to independently verify their authenticity. And not just future Candidates -- Cooper wants the Secretary of S...

Bay Area Houston: Harris County GOP to give the bird to poor Hispanics
Kuff at Off the Kuff has a very well written post about the Hispanic turnout and a number of intelligent folks provided some long winded ideas about how to reach out to these Hispanic voters. Personally I think the Harris County GOP has the right idea, just give them the bird like they did last year: On Friday, December 18, 2009 your Harris County Republican Party continued our tradition of donating holiday turkeys to economically disadvantaged families at our adopted School, J.R. Harris Element...

Should DREAM Act for Illegal Immigrant Minors Be Passed?
Should Congress pass the DREAM Act to provide legal residency for Illegal Immigrant minors who meet certain strict criteria? Although newly reelected Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office tweeted last night that he intends to bring a Senate vote on the DREAM Act "as a stand-alone measure after Thanksgiving recess," this provocative issue is hotly opposed by many Republicans and a few moderate Democrats. President Obama strongly supports passage of DREAM Act Legislation, commenting, "... w...

DREAM Act is a nightmare for America
America sent a powerful rebuke to the Democrats’ ultra-liberal agenda two weeks ago and wanted a return to sanity. It seems, however, the Democrats did not get the message and want to see if they buy off a powerful voting group in their final two months in power. Lame Duck House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to push for a vote during the Lame-duck session on a bill that would legalize young, Illegal Immigrants if they attend college or serve in the Military. A vote on the bill, known as the ...

Bill: Ban illegal immigrants at Ga public colleges
Atlanta — A Republican State lawmaker on Wednesday introduced Legislation that would ban all Georgia's public Colleges and universities from accepting Illegal Immigrants. The Board of Regents last month adopted a policy under which the university system's five most competitive schools are effectively barred from accepting Illegal Immigrant applicants beginning in fall 2011. The Legislation prefiled on Wednesday by State Rep. Tom Rice would prohibit all of the university system's 35 scho...

Rep. Bill Posey will not give up 'birther bill'
A unanimous vote by the U.S. House last night has brought new attention to Rep. Bill Posey's attempt to require Presidential Candidates to submit their birth certificates to prove they are really U.S. citizens. But Posey is not backing down. As part of a lingering and, many feel, stupefying Controversy over whether President Barack Obama was born in the United States, the House passed a resolution 378-0 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hawaiian statehood and also recognizing it as Obama&#...

Left of College Station: Texas Legislative Watch: Pre-Filing Begins
The 82nd session of the Texas Legislature may not have begun, but lawmakers have already begun to file the Legislation that the State House and State Senate will be debating and voting on when the session begins in January. Since the election swept into power a near super majority for Republicans in the House, and Republicans maintain a significant majority in the Senate, the Legislation being filed has been some of conservative Republicans top priorities. So far 402 bills have been pre-filed in...

Cape church faulted for election stance
EAST SANDWICH — Two days before the Nov. 2 election, the Corpus Christi bulletin contained a letter signed by four Catholic bishops urging people to vote. It also included three additional pages that compared Candidates for Congress, State Senate and State Representative. The final page of the four-page document outlined the positions of State Representative Candidates Randy Hunt, a Sandwich Republican, and Lance Lambros, a Sandwich Democrat. While the document contains Hunt’s answe...

The libertarians arent for Beth
She doesn’t have the support of this McCord: Dear Campaign for Liberty Supporter, The most important vote your Representative makes is their first one.  Electing the leader of the House determines: · What will be the agenda · What Amendments will be in order · Which committee bills will be assigned · Who will control Legislation In other words - “what issues will be heard, and what will die.”  Personnel is policy. Representative Beth Harwell has voted ag...

Obama to Push for Vote on Dream Act
By Laura Meckler President Barack Obama and three Hispanic lawmakers agreed Tuesday to push for a vote this year on the Dream Act, Legislation that would provide a path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants brought to the U.S. as Children. Passing any Legislation would be a big victory for Immigration advocates, but the Dream Act is considerably more modest than the comprehensive Legislation that advocates have long pushed. Congressional efforts to move Immigration Legislation have gone nowhere...

Reid vows to advance DREAM Act, 'don't ask' repeal
Reporting from Washington — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced late Wednesday that the Senate will proceed with votes in the Lame-duck session on two Democratic priority issues – repealing the ban on gays serving openly in the Military, and Legislation to allow a path to Citizenship for Young Illegal Immigrants. Reid's decision to pursue both items indicates Democrats are unwilling to cede their top issues despite overwhelming Republican gains in the Midterm Elections. Both is...

Ten Candidates Vying for the Dist. 44 State Rep. Seat
When Monday’s deadline came and went to file for the Dist. 44 State Representative Special Election, a total of 10 Candidates had officially filed with the Secretary of State’s Office... (Seguin, TX) -- In the end…there were 10! The Seguin Gazette reports that when Monday’s deadline came and went to file for the Dist. 44 State Representative Special Election, a total of 10 Candidates had officially filed with the Secretary of State’s Office. That seat came open fol...

Reid Trying Again on Immigration Bill
The Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, said on Wednesday that he would try to bring up a Bill that would create a path to Citizenship for certain Illegal Immigrants who were brought to the United States as small Children. Mr. Reid tried to attach the Legislation as an amendment to a big Military policy Bill before the Midterm Elections, but Republicans blocked the Bill in part because they said the Democratic Leader was using it as a political prop. During his re-election campaign ...

Rocky Road Ahead for DREAM Act
Immigration-rights Activists stage a rally calling for the government to act on Immigration Legislation on Aug. 16, 2010, in Los Angeles. Now proponents of -Reform]Immigration Reform are putting their support behind the DREAM Act. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) After failing to win comprehensive -Reform]Immigration Reform during a period when Democrats controlled both the White House and Congress, Immigration proponents are now hoping to use the Lame-duck session to snag an 11th-hour consolation prize: the...

Texas Jury Awards $30M in Case Over Miscalibrated Gas Pumps
After an eight-week trial, a jury in Texas has awarded $30 million in a case over 985 miscalibrated gas pumps at SunMart stores. Although the owner of the stores, Petroleum Wholesale, denied wrongdoing, Attorney General Greg Abbott, whose office brought the state deceptive trade practices suit, described the Harris County jury verdict as "a significant and well-deserved rebuke" concerning a "fraudulent pump calibration scheme," reports the Houston Chronicle. Attorney Stuart Lapp, who serves as t...