February 10 Progress Report 

Arizona is the Second State to introduce the USPU State Nullification Act!

A press release will go out later today announcing that the Arizona State legislature has introduced the USPU Nullification Act and like Montana, who introduced it first a little more than a week ago, the AZ bill was introduced without alteration.

Senator Lori Klein introduced the bill and she has a number of co-sponsors for both bodies, including the President of the Arizona Senate. So we are very excited about the early progress we are having with this very important initiative.

The bill is AZ SB 1433 and hearings on the bill are scheduled for next Thursday, one week from today. I spoke with Ms. Klein last night and she is requesting that AZ residents who support this bill come and testify next Thursday.

Several of our members were involved in making this happen and we are grateful for those efforts. Now that the bill has been introduced, we need members to support this effort by working with their AZ legislators to get the bill passed into law.

We continue to work with 28 more states on this bill at present and expect to have more announcements soon.

The Constitutional Justice Division - Barbara Ketay 

STATE NULLIFICATION: REQUISITE TO FREEDOM - Pastor Chuck Baldwin

I was thrilled to see J.B. Williams report in NewsWithViews.com that the State of Montana has a broad-based State nullification bill currently proposed in its legislature. Derek Skees (R-Whitefish) is the State legislator who has introduced this much-needed legislation.

See the story here.

The fact is, Skees' State Nullification bill is only one of several outstanding freedom-first bills that is currently before the Montana legislature.

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Bernanke: We're Much Closer to Total Destruction Than You Think

Official Congressional budget estimates understate the peril of rising debt, Fed chair Ben Bernanke told the Budget Committee on Capitol Hill today

Warning that our nation's fiscal health has deteriorated appreciably since the onset of the financial crisis and the recession, Bernanke called upon lawmakers to confront the long term fiscal challenges sooner rather than later. If lawmakers don't confront them, they'll find themselves confronted by them.

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