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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

The 24th Amendment was ratified in 1964. "There can be no one too poor to vote," declared President Lyndon Johnson.  At the time of the passing of this Amendment, the most egregious use of poll taxes stop voting was in