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.

He also complained that not enough notice was given on the hearing, since the bill was introduced only last Monday.

The only mistakes she makes within the series are a typing error during the events of Hickory Dickory Dock and the mis-mailing of an electricity bill, although she was worried about strange events surrounding her sister at the time.

* Jonathan Aitken and the hotel bill allegations, and subsequent conviction for perjury after his failed libel action against The Guardian, resulting in Aitken being only the third person to have to resign from the Privy Council in the 20th century.

The board of trustees offered to turn Throop over to the state, but the presidents of Stanford University and the University of California successfully lobbied to defeat the bill, which allowed Throop to develop as the only scientific research-oriented education institute in southern California, public or private, until the onset of the World War II necessitated the broader development of research-based science education.

The holiday was officially renamed as a result of a private member's bill that was introduced in the House of Commons when only twelve Members of Parliament were present.

This bill only applied to the Japanese Americans.

Hopkinson ’ s itemized bill, moreover, is the only contemporary claim that exists for creating the American flag.

The bill also furthered Finnish independence by restricting Russia's influence on domestic Finnish affairs: the Provisional Government of Russia would determine only the foreign and military policies of Finland.

However, it was only in 2003 when it drew large public attention by opposing the bill of the Article 23.

In 2002, a one-tenth hour bill was introduced, partly due to the encouragement and funding from Alternatives Federal Credit Union and feedback from retailers who complained about the awkwardness of only having larger denominations to work with ; the bills bear the signatures of both HOURS President Steve Burke and the president of AFCU.

* 1916 – U. S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.

( Residential use lighting consumes only 10 – 30 % of the energy bill while commercial buildings major use is lighting.

Henceforth, the Senate can only delay a bill from taking effect and the Monarch no longer has veto powers on proposed bills.

Lewis points out that earthly experience does not satisfy the human craving for " joy " and that only God could fit the bill ; humans cannot know to yearn for something if it does not exist.

The National Liberals refused to make this law permanent, while the Conservatives supported only the entirety of the bill and threatened to and eventually vetoed the entire bill in session because Bismarck would not agree to a modified bill.

A bill passed by the Polish parliament in 2005 recognizes it as the only regional language in the Republic of Poland, and provides for its use in official contexts in 10 communes where its speakers constitute at least 20 % of the population.

Another example of statutes that are not typically codified is a " private law " that may originate as a private bill, a law affecting only one person or a small group of persons.

This bill was essentially a copy of the Licensing Act, but with a narrower jurisdiction ; only books covering religion, history, the affairs of the state or the law would require official authorisation.

Support acts for the first concert included The Church, Mental as Anything, The Party Boys, The Sunnyboys, and Midnight Oil — who acknowledged, " Hooks were the only Australian band they would let top the bill above them ".

A proponent of Obama ’ s healthcare bill, Turner has said: “ We ’ re the only first world country that doesn ’ t have universal healthcare and it ’ s a disgrace .”

" On June 15, 1836, Jackson signed a bill that allowed Michigan to become a state, but only after it ceded the Toledo Strip.

The discontinued two-dollar bill was less expensive to manufacture, but on average each bill lasted only one year.