The House communications subcommittee is expected to report out a good bill calling for the states to match federal funds.

Although Lincoln believed it was not within Congress's power to free the slaves within the states, he approved the bill in deference to the legislature.

It became apparent that, as the slavery issue took center stage, the slaveholding states were more reluctant to agree with the bill, with the primary antagonists being the senators in Virginia, Texas, North Carolina and Alabama.

His veto message objected to the measure because it conferred citizenship on the freedmen at a time when eleven out of thirty-six states were unrepresented in the Congress, and the bill also attempted to fix, by federal law, " a perfect equality of the white and black races in every State of the Union.

* 1889 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U. S. states.

They may have authority to veto a bill until the houses of the legislature have reconsidered it, and approved it a second time ; reserve a bill to be signed later, or suspend it indefinitely ( generally in states with royal prerogative ; this power is rarely used ); refer a bill to the courts to test its constitutionality ; refer a bill to the people in a referendum.

Congress also passed the Force Bill which authorized President Andrew Jackson to use military force if Adams ' compromise bill did not force the belligerent states to capitulate.

Though no state conditioned ratification of the constitution on a bill of rights, several states came close, and the issue almost prevented the constitution from being ratified.

In the new bill the territory of Nebraska was extended north all the way to the 49th parallel, and any decisions on slavery were to be made " when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the Union, with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission.

He expressed himself plainly on the questions of slavery and the bank at the same time voting, perhaps with a touch of bravado, for a bill offered in 1836 to subject abolition literature in the mails to the laws of the several states.

In 2007, US Congressman Alce Hastings introduced a bill to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the first use of the name " America " with the support of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Organizing Committee and mayors in fifty states to champion the national strategy " Bring Home The Spirit of History in your town ".

Property rights are protected in the current laws of most states, usually in their constitution or in a bill of rights.

In Pennoyer v. Neff, the Supreme Court discussed that though each state ceded certain powers ( e. g. foreign relations ) to the Federal Government or to no entity at all ( e. g. the powers that are eliminated by the protections of the bill of rights ), the states retained all the other powers of sovereignty, including the exclusive power to regulate the affairs of individuals and property within its territory.

The bill states that it is acting to restore " ancient rights " trampled upon by James II, though some have argued that the English Bill of Rights created a new right to have arms, which developed out of a duty to have arms.

Anti-federalists objected to the shift of power from the states to the federal government, but as adoption of the Constitution became more and more likely, they shifted their strategy to establishing a bill of rights that would put some limits on federal power.

* February 22 – President Grover Cleveland signs a bill admitting North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and Washington as U. S. states.

* April 5 – United States President George Washington vetoes a bill designed to apportion representatives among U. S. states.

Many contemporary states have a constitution, a bill of rights, or similar constitutional documents that enumerate and seek to guarantee civil liberties.

Thus, for example, the Great Seal of the United States, among other uses, appears on the reverse of the one-dollar bill ; and several of the seals of the U. S. states appear on their respective state flags.

* In Family Guy, after holding an exploding bomb from Adam West, Meg has Daffy Duck's bill on the wrong side of her head, moves it to its proper position, and then states, “ Of course, you realize this means war !” This scene was supposedly deleted after the contract between MacFarlane and Warner Bros.

The Senate debated its bill until March 1930, with many Senators trading votes based on their states ' industries.

In an elaborate scheme to prevent passage of still higher tariffs, while at the same time appealing to Andrew Jackson ’ s supporters in the North, John C. Calhoun and other southerners joined them in crafting a tariff bill that would also weigh heavily on materials imported by the New England states.

No modern viceroy has denied Royal Assent to a bill.

No modern Canadian viceroy has denied Royal Assent to a bill.

The Santorum Amendment was a failed proposed amendment to the 2001 education funding bill ( which became known as the No Child Left Behind Act ), proposed by Republican Rick Santorum ( who was at that time the United States Senator for Pennsylvania ), which promoted the teaching of intelligent design while questioning the academic standing of evolution in U. S. public schools.

One result of this briefing was that in 2001 Senator Santorum proposed incorporating pro-intelligent design language, crafted in part by the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, into the No Child Left Behind bill.

In Federalist No. 84, Hamilton makes the case that there is no need to amend the Constitution by adding a Bill of Rights, insisting that the various provisions in the proposed Constitution protecting liberty amount to a bill of rights.

Robert Yates, writing under the pseudonym Brutus, articulated this view point in the so-called Anti-Federalist No. 84, asserting that a government unrestrained by such a bill could easily devolve into tyranny.

Indiana bill of the House No. 152 was originally for the creation of a county named Windsor.

No money bill can be introduced in Parliament without his or her assent.

On April 22, 2009, it was briefly announced on their website that Faith No More would be playing Reading and Leeds festivals, before being taken down due to conflicting info regarding the confirmation of their appearance on the bill.

Simmons continues to promote health and has broadened his activities to include political activism, notably in support of a bill mandating non-competitive physical education in public schools as a part of the " No Child Left Behind " Act .< ref >

: No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, nor any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall ever be passed, and no conviction shall work corruption of blood or forfeiture of estate.

Contrast this with the subtly more modern variation of the Texas version: Article 1 ( Titled Bill of Rights ) Section 16, entitled Bills of Attainder ; Ex Post Facto or Retroactive Laws: Impairing Obligation of Contracts: " No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, retroactive law, or any law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall be made ".

In his first address to Congress on November 27, 1963, Johnson told the legislators, " No memorial oration or eulogy could more eloquently honor President Kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of the civil rights bill for which he fought so long.

No modern governor general has disallowed a bill, though provincial lieutenant governors have.

: While the U. S. Constitution has a clause that states " No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed " the Confederate Constitution adds a phrase to protect slavery.

: No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in negro slaves shall be passed.

: No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation ; grant letters of marque and reprisal ; coin money ; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts ; or grant any title of nobility.

The bill became known as the City Charter of San Pablo or Commonwealth Act No. 520-approved by the second Philippine president Manuel L. Quezon.

Article III ( Bill of Rights ), Section 22 specifically states: " No ex post facto law or bill of attainder shall be enacted.

*" Legislation always obeys the First Struckian Law: No bill comes out of Parliament in the form it came into Parliament.

No other such initiative has reached that level ever since minority bill passed in 1992. and the opinion of Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Patterson's death in 1881, long-delayed financial problems came to a head, and on June 6, 1884, three years after Patterson's death, Congress enacted a private bill, House bill No. 4689, entitled " An act for the relief of Eliza W. Patterson ," C. P.

Also, Metrocard Vending Machines are programmed to disable the bill or coin acceptor after a series of rejected bills or coins, which can result in a row of MVMs all saying " No Bills " or " No Coins ".