I posted this during the original Bundy standoff, but it really needs to be reposted again.
http://nevadajournal.com/2013/08/14/broken-compact/
Broken Compact
The Hollowing-Out of Nevada Statehood
By Steven Miller | Wednesday, August 14, 2013 | 5 Comments
Before Nevada joined the Union in 1864, the U.S. Congress explicitly promised
more than two dozen times that the new state would be on an equal footing with the original states.
That promise was not kept.
Take, for example, language on merely one page from the
Congressional Globe — predecessor of the modern
Congressional Record — for March 3, 1864:
The motion [to take up the bill for the admission of Nevada into the Union] was
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Rand Paul, Johnson may as well be a democrat
Thread Starter: helenpaulhttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/rand-paul-puts-mike-johnson-on-blast-lost-all-his-principles/ar-BB1lBQfS?ocid=winp2fptaskbarhover&cvid=513505a4cd2c4d1ea8f0bab681686870&ei=26 "As I see it now, I'm not so sure there's a difference between Mike Johnson being in charge and Democrats being in charge," he said. "The debt, the deficit this year will be $1.5-2 trillion, and that's Mike...
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