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Legislation about electricity, irrigation districts, businesses, housing, insurance, telecommunications, and executive orders will be much of what is done.

This day is very busy.  The agenda lists temporary water rights, eminent domain, wild horses, and fire response before lunch.  After lunch, we have electronic IDs for cattle and foreign land ownership.  Read more>>>

Today is a half-day meeting, mostly about state lands and natural assets.  Three bills are before the committee, and they hear about seeds and crop improvement before heading home.  Read more>>>

Ratified on December 6, 1865, this Amendment was the first of three called the “Civil War Amendments.”  A tug-of-war between Congress and the Supreme Court ensued where SCOTUS claimed that Congress exceeded its powers with the enforcement section and that