S.Res.511 - A resolution recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
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| Reported in Senate | 379 | 5 | 18% |
| Agreed to Senate | 332 | 4 Show Changes | 20% |
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SRES 511
Recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen.
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
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 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
Resolved,
That John Sidney McCain, III, is a `natural born Citizen' under Article
II, Section 1, of the Constitution of the United States.
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