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Republicans lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a bill that would limit the reach of any gun laws in to Arizona. The bill (HB 2291) would make it a felony for any federal agent to enforce federal law in Arizona concerning gun made and residing in the state. This bill is meant to send a message to Pres. Obama.

"Controversial legislation to allow concealed weapons on Arizona university and college campuses is dead, the proposal's sponsor said Tuesday."

The Republican author of a bill to punish sex-selective abortion blasted President Obama on Thursday for his stance in favor of abortion rights.

A bill was brought up by senator Menendez for changing the immigration law including same sex couples with foreign partners.

This article talks about the rights that come along with the ninth amendment and the case of Griswold v. Connecticut

Leave it to Arizona to come up with something like this.

Major websites protesting the bills on sopa and pipa. Hoping people will take action to stop the internet to be censored. They fear that this would be the stepping stone for more to come.

There are a lot of bad feed back on the bill SOPA, Committee is revising the bill and will be postpone until they reach some agreement.

How the Trade Agreement can effect you. Not does it only censor the internet but also food medication tv, file-sharing. Websites would be in charge of censoring their own site.

The Bill of Rights added to the Constitution in 1791 outlines the rights we have according to the US Government. This is where it all started.

Article about the first amendment of the US constitution. Uses two court cases as examples of the personal right to free speech versus being loyal to an employer.

this is a page that summarizes each of the fisst 10 ammendmants of the US constitution. these are good to know as a reference when talking about personal freedoms

This article is based on a speech former president Bill Clinton gave in June of this year about healthcare. He states facts about how our country spends so much more on healthcare then other countries. He talks about how if we adopted a Universal Healthcare System like countries such as France and Canada have, then we would save a lot of money.

This article describes what exactly the Dream Act is and how if allows for immigrants to attend Universities in the United States. The Dream Act allows for undocumented students the rights of being permanent residents in the United States

This is a defintion from about.com of the Dream Act stating it's purpose and who it would affect.

This article was very interesting! I'm glad that these young adults have people that are advocating for them because I don't think that it is right for them to be forced into the same deportation units as other illegals, just because they didn't have a choice in the matter.

On April 23, 2010 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law. The controversial bill gives Arizona law enforcement the authority to stop people whom officers have "reasonable suspicion" of being in the country illegally, detain these individuals while verifying immigration status, and arrest undocumented immigrants for transfer to ICE custody. Depending on who you ask, the controversial bill is either anti-immigrant, unconstitutional or a blessing.

The Wisconsin state Assembly has passed a bill that would take $3.5 million a year in federal grant money away from Planned Parenthood. The Republican-controlled Assembly passed the measure 60-35 Thursday with no Democratic support. It now heads to the Senate. Gov. Scott Walker has said he supports it.

Although knowing reasons of why many are to believe that planned parenthood should or should not be defund, it is also important to know the history of the bill. This site is exactly for that reason. It shows who, where, and when the Planned Parenthood Act was in action.