S.1867 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012

An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. view all titles (9)

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  • Short: SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act of 2011 as passed senate.
  • Short: National Guard Empowerment and State-National Defense Integration Act of 2011 as passed senate.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as passed senate.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as passed senate.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as reported to senate.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as reported to senate.
  • Short: Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as introduced.
  • Short: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 as introduced.
  • Official: An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes. as introduced.

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05/21/12
Graves: ‘NDAA amendment prohibits detaining Americans without due-process’

On Friday afternoon, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which includes a total of $369 million dollars in spending requests for both on base and civilian infrastructure projects on Guam. On Friday ..

Source: Examiner
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05/19/12
Putting the Victorian back in the Victoria Day weekend

What you should do: Turn the stereo off. Open The Anglican Hymn Book to Hymn No. 7, and sing Richard Corbet Singleton’s 1867 chart-topper, As Mounts on High the Orb of Day. The Victoria Day moment: A goddess makes eye contact on the Black Bull patio.

Source: Globe and Mail
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05/05/12
States Set To Nullify NDAA

Nullification is defined as the refusal of a state to enforce or aide in the enforcement of federal laws within its limits, especially on constitutional grounds.  When a state nullifies a law, it deems thelaw moot.  “Nullification,” in ...

Source: Examiner
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05/01/12
Quebec challenges Ottawa's power to reform Senate

Quebec argues that the Senate was created in Canada’s 1867 constitution to give the provinces representation in Parliament, and under the 1982 Constitution Act changing the Senate would require approval by two-thirds of the provinces, representing at ...

Source: Calgary Herald
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05/01/12
Quebec challenges Ottawa's power to reform Senate

Quebec argues that the Senate was created in Canada’s 1867 constitution to give the provinces representation in Parliament, and under the 1982 Constitution Act changing the Senate would require approval by two-thirds of the provinces, representing at ...

Source: globalmontreal.com
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05/01/12
Quebec challenges Ottawa's power to reform Senate

Quebec argues that the Senate was created in Canada’s 1867 constitution to give the provinces representation in Parliament, and under the 1982 Constitution Act changing the Senate would require approval by two-thirds of the provinces ...

Source: montrealgazette.com
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05/01/12
Quebec challenges Ottawa's power to reform Senate

Quebec argues that the Senate was created in Canada’s 1867 constitution to give the provinces representation in Parliament, and under the 1982 Constitution Act changing the Senate would require approval by two-thirds of the provinces, representing at ...

Source: The Vancouver Sun
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04/26/12
THINKING BEYOND STAGE 1: Political power-grabs neuters the U.S. Constitution

Well, it can be lost and in many respects it has.  For example: When the Senate can pass a bill (S 1867) which would subject American citizens to be detained by the military without due process, without a trial before our peers, for as long as ...

Source: Examiner
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04/24/12
Ignatieff warns on Quebec but stresses his commitment to national unity

But some of those examples he cited are as old as the country itself, and date back to Canada's 1867 Constitution Act. Mr. Ignatieff's observation surprised more than one prominent Quebec sovereigntist. “Did anyone see these (new powers) fly by?”

Source: Globe and Mail
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04/24/12
May 1book140: The Travel-Writing Shortlist

Innocents Abroad by Mark Twain This travel-lit classic is about Twain's 1867 trip to Europe and the Holy Land with a group of fellow Americans.

Source: Atlantic Online
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04/23/12
A year after running for PM, Ignatieff warns of Quebec separation

But some of those examples he cited are as old as the country itself, and date back to Canada's 1867 Constitution Act. Mr. Ignatieff's observation surprised more than one prominent Quebec sovereigntist. “Did anyone see these (new powers) fly by?”

Source: Globe and Mail
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04/23/12
Quebec Headed For Independence, Ignatieff Tells U.K. Radio

But some of those examples he cited are as old as the country itself, and date back to Canada's 1867 Constitution Act. Ignatieff's observation surprised more than one prominent Quebec sovereigntist. "Did anyone see these (new powers) fly by?" Josee Legault

Source: huffingtonpost.ca
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03/14/12
Legislature closer to honoring black political pioneers

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission will pay for the plaques, which also will recognize 24 representatives to Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention. "It's good that reasonable minds came to a decision that this was an ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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03/14/12
Legislature closer to honoring black political pioneers

The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Commission will pay for the plaques, which also will recognize 24 representatives to Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention. "It's good that reasonable minds came to a decision that this was an ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/22/12
BHO Wants to Give American Islands to Russia!

They were ceded to the U.S. in Seward’s 1867 treaty with Russia." "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." - BHO

Source: Daily Reflector
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02/22/12
The 'National Defense Authorization Act', the most traitorous act ever witnessed

In a stunning move that had civil libertarians stuttering with disbelief, the U.S. Senate passed S.1867, the 'National Defense Authorization Act', which effectively ended the Bill of Rights and Constitutional rights in America. The National ...

Source: The People's Voice
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02/22/12
Bids to honor black political pioneers appear headed to conference

The legislation also would recognize 24 representatives to Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention. Del. Robert D. Orrock Sr., R-Caroline, proposed the amendment to McClellan's resolution, saying the proposed plaques hadn't had a thorough ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/21/12
Bids to honor black political pioneers appear headed to conference

The legislation also would recognize 24 representatives to Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention. Del. Robert D. Orrock Sr., R-Caroline, proposed the amendment to McClellan's resolution, saying the proposed plaques hadn't had a thorough ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/21/12
Bids to honor black political pioneers appear headed to conference

The legislation also would recognize 24 representatives to Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention. Del. Robert D. Orrock Sr., R-Caroline, proposed the amendment to McClellan's resolution, saying the proposed plaques hadn't had a thorough ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/17/12
Obama's giveaway: Oil-rich islands to Russia

They were ceded to the U.S. in Seward’s 1867 treaty with Russia. Now is the time for the Obama administration to stand up for U.S. and Alaskan rights and invaluable resources. The State Department’s maritime agreement is a loser – it gives us nothing

Source: WND.com
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02/17/12
Editorial: Allow the plaques

Richmond Del. Jennifer L. McClellan’s House resolution should have been a cinch to pass, honoring as it does blacks who served in Virginia’s 1867-68 constitutional convention and as legislators for nearly 40 years during Reconstruction.

Source: News-Virginian
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02/17/12
Editorial: Allow the plaques

Richmond Del. Jennifer L. McClellan’s House resolution should have been a cinch to pass, honoring as it does blacks who served in Virginia’s 1867-68 constitutional convention and as legislators for nearly 40 years during Reconstruction.

Source: News-Virginian
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02/16/12
Bid to honor Va.'s black political pioneers hits snag

When Viola Baskerville was a delegate, she learned that just after the Civil War, African-Americans served in Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention and as legislators for nearly 40 years during Reconstruction. She has since researched the ...

Source: Lynchburg News and Advance
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02/16/12
Bid to honor Va.'s black political pioneers hits snag

When Viola Baskerville was a delegate, she learned that just after the Civil War, African-Americans served in Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention and as legislators for nearly 40 years during Reconstruction. She has since researched the ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/16/12
Bid to honor Va.'s black political pioneers hits snag

When Viola Baskerville was a delegate, she learned that just after the Civil War, African-Americans served in Virginia's 1867-68 constitutional convention and as legislators for nearly 40 years during Reconstruction. She has since researched the ...

Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch
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02/03/12
Protest bill against freedom

For more information on this, get on the Internet and use Google (or any other search engine) and type in “S 1867”. You will find a lot of information about this bill. The sixth amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly gave citizens the ...

Source: TriCities.com
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01/27/12
America No Longer the Land of the Free

The United States is no longer the shining light leading the rest of the world in regards to freedom and liberty. The President signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) under the radar late on New Years Eve of 2011. The new law takes .

Source: American Chronicle
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01/22/12
1876: The Year When Things Went from Bad to Worse for Indians and Blacks

As 2011 ended the U.S. Senate voted 92 to 6 for the McCain-Levin amendments [S 1867] to the National Defense Authorization Act. In the name of fighting terrorism, an astounding majority of Democratic and Republican leaders granted unlimited authority to ..

Source: History News Network
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01/17/12
Reader questions impact of national defense law

I've gone online and used a search engine and looked up "S 1867." Section 1031 says, "(1) United States Citizens - The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States." It says the ...

Source: Journal & Sunday Journal
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01/17/12
How Not to Celebrate an Anniversary

As 2011 ended the U.S. Senate voted 92 to 6 for the McCain-Levin amendments [S 1867] to the National Defense Authorization Act, and President Obama signed it. In the name of fighting terrorism, an astounding majority of Democratic and Republican ...

Source: Counter Punch
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