H.R.2499
Title: Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R. [PR] (introduced 5/19/2009) Cosponsors (181)
Related Bills: H.RES.1305
Latest Major Action: 4/28/2010 Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1305 .
Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2499 with 1 hour and 30 minutes of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order. The resolution provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived except those arising under clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI.
House Reports: 111-294
10/8/2009–Reported to House amended. (There is 1 other summary)
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009 – Authorizes the government of Puerto Rico: (1) to conduct a plebiscite giving voters the option to vote to continue Puerto Rico’s present political status or to have a different political status; (2) if a majority of ballots favor continuing the present status, to conduct additional such plebiscites every eight years; and (3) if a majority of ballots favor having a different status, to conduct a plebiscite on the options of becoming fully independent from the United States, forming with the United States a political association between sovereign nations that will not be subject to the Territorial Clause of the Constitution, or being admitted as a state of the Union.
Prescribes the eligibility requirements for voting in the plebiscite. Requires the Puerto Rico State Elections Commission to: (1) certify plebiscite results to the President and Congress; and (2) ensure that all ballots used for the plebiscite include the full content of the ballot printed in English.
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A trick of the Progressive Left?
Excerpts from a discussion between Glenn Beck and Rep. Chaffetz……
The progressives are saying they are getting all of these services when this all starts to come down, “They’re getting all these services. What, conservatives, you want us to go bankrupt? They should be paying for those. They should be paying taxes.”
In reality it’s going to give them the legitimacy that if they go down and say we want change and that they can just, by a very, very small margin say that, yeah, we want statehood, then suddenly they are going to implement what they call the Tennessee plan, which has historically been how they seat people in congress, they will implement a Tennessee plan. It’s part of their party platform. They will get this, “Hey, we did what the federal government told us to do. We’re now going to send you our two United States senators and our six members of congress, and you have to seat them.”
This is about really the fundamental transformation of America. This is what I said when we had Van Jones in, or when we were first looking at Van Jones. He was in the prisons and he was making the rounds in prisons saying “We need you to fix our economy, we need people like you.” And I asked, why are we doing that? When we had the stimulus package, jobs were taken to build solar panels in New York from a solar panel company. That went under so they could move the money and the solar panel business to the prisons. And I said at the time, these people are quoting are courting the prison vote right now. They’re trying to let prisoners vote, correct? Illegals vote. Puerto Rico will have statehood. Am I missing anybody else?
Read ENTIRE interview at:
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/39739/
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IF the Arizona Illegal Immigration Bill Stands; get Puerto Rico as 51st State.
Make them pay taxes…….
TWO ADDITIONAL SENATORS ADDED ……If this passes and Puerto Rico votes FOR THIS.
Currently the Democrats do not have a fillibuster proof Senate. The Democrats push this bill; possibly adding TWO Senators = Fillbuster proof Senate again.
Read this:
I propose we try something traditional. If Coleman is right that the most glaring injustice of Puerto Rico’s status is its lack of equal representation—and he is unquestionably right about that—then I suggest we solve the problem the way our forebears did: with statehood. Statehood would not only ensure equal representation in the House for Puerto Rico, it would guarantee two Senators and the presidential vote. Why settle for less?
What’s more, if you really can’t suppress your appetite for innovation and flexibility, Puerto Rican statehood may yet belong on your plate. After all, as opponents of statehood love to point out, most Puerto Ricans think of themselves as a nation with a distinct history and culture, and most speak Spanish as their only or primary language. What could be more innovative and flexible than to make room, in the American union of equal states, for a place with a distinct history, culture, and language?
Puerto Rico
| Population |
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3,927,776 |
In recent years, over 100,000 legal immigrants from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Colombia and Venezuela, have also settled in Puerto Rico. Together they represent about 5% of the population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Puerto_Rico
AMERICA ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION NOW?
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NOT RACIST.
NOT VIOLENT.
JUST NO LONGER SILENT.
