9 Responses to “Does anyone have an answer?”

1. Fred
   August 9th, 2010 @ 1:54 pm

   Within a given 2-year session of Congress (we are in the 111th Congressional session), numbers for resolutions or bills are not repeated. HOWEVER, numbers are repeated each Congressional session. The resolution you are looking for occurred during the 110th session of Congression.

2. Haywood Jablomi
   August 9th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm

   Yes, they repeat bill numbers. You have to define your search by the congressional term, aka deez nuts.

3. Julia
   August 9th, 2010 @ 6:17 pm

   That is Senate Resolution 511 from the 111th Session of Congress, you are looking for 511 from the 110th Session.

   Sometimes there is no conspiracy, just a misunderstanding of how a system works.

4. Steve
   August 9th, 2010 @ 6:45 pm

   Here it is. Pure bull./ It is not worth the paper it is printed on. Clinton and Obama were the co sponsors. Passed only by the Senate. A Senate Resolution only does not make a constitutional amendment .

   110TH CONGRESS
   2D SESSION S. RES. 511
   Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
   APRIL 10, 2008
   Mrs. MCCASKILL (for herself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. COBURN, Mrs.
   CLINTON, and Mr. WEBB) submitted the following resolution; which was
   referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
   APRIL 24, 2008
   Reported by Mr. LEAHY, without amendment
   APRIL 30, 2008
   Considered and agreed to
   RESOLUTION
   Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural
   born citizen.
   Whereas the Constitution of the United States requires that,
   to be eligible for the Office of the President, a person
   must be a ‘‘natural born Citizen’’ of the United States;
   Whereas the term ‘‘natural born Citizen’’, as that term appears
   in Article II, Section 1, is not defined in the Constitution
   of the United States;
   Whereas there is no evidence of the intention of the Framers
   or any Congress to limit the constitutional rights of children
   born to Americans serving in the military nor to
   VerDate Aug 31 2005 01:30 May 01, 2008 Jkt 069200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6300 E:\BILLS\SR511.ATS SR511 erowe on PRODPC61 with BILLS
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   SRES 511 ATS
   prevent those children from serving as their country’s
   President;
   Whereas such limitations would be inconsistent with the purpose
   and intent of the ‘‘natural born Citizen’’ clause of
   the Constitution of the United States, as evidenced by
   the First Congress’s own statute defining the term ‘‘natural
   born Citizen’’;
   Whereas the well-being of all citizens of the United States is
   preserved and enhanced by the men and women who are
   assigned to serve our country outside of our national borders;
   Whereas previous presidential candidates were born outside
   of the United States of America and were understood to
   be eligible to be President; and
   Whereas John Sidney McCain, III, was born to American
   citizens on an American military base in the Panama
   Canal Zone in 1936: Now, therefore, be it
   1 Resolved, That John Sidney McCain, III, is a ‘‘nat2
   ural born Citizen’’ under Article II, Section 1, of the Con3
   stitution of the United States.
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   VerDate Aug
   State Department Document 86755.pdf- see C>
   7 FAM 1116.1-4 Not Included in the Meaning of “In the United
   States”
   (TL:CON-64; 11-30-95)
   a. A U.S.-registered or documented ship on the high seas or in the exclusive economic
   zone is not considered to be part of the United States. A child born on such a vessel does
   not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of the place of birth (Lam Mow v. Nagle, 24 F.2d
   316 (9th Cir., 1928)).
   b. A U.S.-registered aircraft outside U.S. airspace is not considered to be part of U.S.
   territory. A child born on such an aircraft outside U.S. airspace does not acquire U.S.
   citizenship by reason of the place of birth.
   c. Despite widespread popular belief, U.S. military installations abroad and U.S.
   diplomatic or consular facilities are not part of the United States within the meaning of the
   14th Amendment. A child born on the premises of such a facility is not subject to the
   jurisdiction of the United States and does not acquire U.S. citizenship by reason of birth.

   I will send both to you to your email address.

5. Jim
   August 9th, 2010 @ 7:24 pm

   They do repeat bill numbers. They start from number 1 with the start of a new Congress. You were looking under the 111th Congress. You have to look under the 110th Congress

6. Dylan
   August 9th, 2010 @ 7:31 pm

   The website quite clearly reads ‘111th Congress’. The 111th Congress started well after the 2008 Presidential election. So, it would make sense that there’s no resolution declaring McCain a natural-born citizen for the 111th Congress.

   You’re looking for S.Res. 511 from the 110th Congress. 😉

   Yours in figuring out how to use a website before declaring a government conspiracy,
   Dylan

7. James K
   August 9th, 2010 @ 10:01 pm

   It is obvious that the Senate resolution was a ploy to bring McCain to the forefront,which succeeded. My position against the resolution is that it claims there is no Constitutional definition of ‘natural born citizen’. I claim the FOunders knew they did not have to ‘redefine’ NBC as they had already noted and included in the Constitution Vattel’s the Laws of NAtions. Many people say that Vattel is not specifically in Article II. I counter that the Founders certainly knew Vattell when they put ‘natural born citizen’ in Article II.

8. P. Barnett
   August 9th, 2010 @ 10:07 pm

   Someone said that they start from number one every year and go up, but put a two digit year number in front of the number.

   It still doesn’t expain why I should have done an advanced search to find it.

9. me
   August 10th, 2010 @ 11:47 am

   because it was not from the current session

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