Rep. Shadegg Becomes Newest Co-Sponsor of H.R. 997
March 27, 2009
Rep. John Shadegg became the newest co-sponsor of H.R. 997 yesterday, the 17th member to sign on to legislation to make English the official language this month. The addition of Rep. Shadegg increases the number of co-sponsors to 109 in just seven weeks since the bill was introduced by Rep. Steve King.
Reps. Westmoreland, Campbell Become Co-Sponsors of H.R. 764
Also yesterday, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Georgia and Rep. John Campbell of California became co-sponsors of H.R. 764, legislation to reduce the provision of multilingual ballots. The support of these two representatives brings the number of co-sponsors to 26. H.R. 764, the American Elections Act, was introduced by Rep. Dean Heller in February.