H.Res. 1587: Recognizing that the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again to the consent of the governed, and calling for the real decentralization of power through the restoration of American federalism.

H.Res. 1587: Recognizing that the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again to the consent of the governed, and calling for the real decentralization of power through the restoration of American federalism.

111th Congress · introduced 2010-07-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.

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Where it came from: introduced 2010-07-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Recognizing that the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again to the consent of the governed, and calling for the real decentralization of power through the restoration of American federalism.

Plain summary

Calls for: (1) a restoration of American federalism and a decentralization of government power and policymaking from the federal government to states, local communities, neighborhoods, families, and individual citizens; and (2) policy reforms that will allow the states to prove the virtues of federalism and thereby build a new nationwide consensus for decentralizing political power in the United States.

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Official text

Recognizing that the cause of liberty demands that government should be made accountable again to the consent of the governed, and calling for the real decentralization of power through the restoration of American federalism.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] · 25 cosponsors

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Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Tom McClintock (R-CA), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Robert E. Latta (R-OH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Federalism: The sharing of power between a national government and state governments. Each level has its own powers, and some powers are shared. Counties and cities get their powers from their state.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hres1587.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hres>

Record fed-us-cong111-hres1587 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111