Arizona 'Birther Bill' Given Second Life By GOP Lawmaker

Judy Burges, a Republican state representative in Arizona, is breathing new life into a failed legislative attempt to force President Barack Obama to display his long-form birth certificate in order to get a place on the state ballot in 2012.

The so-called birther bill, which last year passed a vote in the Arizona House before being shelved by the state Senate, already has support from 30 cosponsors in both chambers this time around, Fox News reports.

According to the New York Daily News, the bill is meant to allay persistent theories that Obama was not, in fact, born in Hawaii, as a copy of his Certification of Live Birth states:

Burges' HB 2544 would address each of these concerns by requiring any and all candidates to provide "an original long-form birth certificate that includes the date and place of birth, the names of the hospital and the attending physician and signatures of the witnesses in attendance."

Any candidate wishing to appear on the ballot in Arizona would also be required by the bill to provide "a sworn statement attesting that the candidate has not held dual or multiple citizenship and that the candidate's allegiance is solely to the United States of America."

A number of other state lawmakers have reaffirmed a commitment to pass similar bills through their respective legislatures following widespread Republican wins across the country.

Texas state Rep. Leo Berman (R) has been one of the most vocal about his proposal, stating last year that his "bill is necessary because we have a president whom the American people don't know whether he was born in Kenya or some other place."

Comments

[TwinX]

11:24 PM on 02/14/2011

Good sense has prevailed. The bill has died for the time being at least, 5 Votes to 3 in the Senate Judiciary Committee


http://cpmazrandommusings.blogspot.com/2011/02/wow-birther-bill-dies-in-committee.html

[Flowymac]

07:49 PM on 02/05/2011

Well they are trying hard to discredit Obama, Issa is out to skin him even if it means he did not use a paper towel to dry his hands

[Flowymac]

07:46 PM on 02/05/2011

Ronald Reagan passed a bill keeping all presidents personal life sealed, now if you want to blame anyone for that then ask the GOp to make it a law again.

[babina]

10:15 AM on 02/01/2011

So all of the candidates will be required to present these documents. Hmmm, this could backfire big time since every state handles these documents differently and not all of the potential candidates on the republican side, which could be many in the primary, will be able to present the exact documents required.

[blaqntelligence]

01:57 AM on 02/01/2011

One more reason why I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why President Obama wants this job. I would have taken my book royalties and my beautiful family, bought a villa on the Italian coast and told America to kiss my Black ***.

[Flowymac]

07:47 PM on 02/05/2011

these people need to read why the personal papers of the presidents are sealed, Obama is not the only president, Reagan sealed them while in office. But no one wants to find out, they blame him for it. wowo

[TwinX]

11:18 PM on 02/14/2011

Are you sure about that? I thought it was Presidential records, not personal records.

[tfwm]

12:16 AM on 02/01/2011

Berman needs to spend his time working on getting and keeping jobs in Texas. What a waste of time.

[Linda Boggs]

11:24 PM on 01/31/2011

I'm so sick of these ignorant jackasses

[Gidster]

10:57 PM on 01/31/2011

I am sure even if this passes, it will be forgotten in 2017......No other Candidate will be held to this measure except Obama, unless perhaps any other minority candidates try and run....

[Duppy]

07:45 PM on 01/31/2011

What positive contribution to America can we ever expect out of the GOP. They have done NOTHING positive for America in the last 10 years. GOP Tea Bagged = party of zeros

[Sharon Mclean]

10:13 AM on 02/01/2011

The GOP haven't never anything for the country but destory it with their bad laws start wars which didn't make anything but money for them.

[spytheweb]

07:02 PM on 01/31/2011

"Texas state Rep. Leo Berman (R) has been one of the most vocal about his proposal, stating last year that his "bill is necessary because we have a president whom the American people don't know whether he was born in Kenya or some other place."

Born in Kenya? Obama could have been born on the moon, his mother was a US citizen. This is the kind of people who are running things in Texas, the most health uninsured state in the country.

[krallfan]

10:01 PM on 01/31/2011

With the state eviscerating budgets right and left, you would think Mr. Berman would have better things to spend the State's money on considering the Clinton/McCain campaigns have already researched this issue.

[Sharon Mclean]

10:14 AM on 02/01/2011

Where was Leo Berman Born that is what he should be worried about.

[Sean777]

06:15 PM on 01/31/2011

Still when asked Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Sarah Palin for a hard copy of their birth certificates they avoided showing the documentation.

[elbeas]

09:31 PM on 01/31/2011

Staphylococcus is not born in the conventional sense.

[Gidster]

10:58 PM on 01/31/2011

*applause*

[tttt9erfan]

10:52 PM on 02/12/2011

/why would Rush or Glen Beck show anything to anyone?

[Sean777]

12:42 AM on 02/18/2011

Because these people need to stop pretending to be Americans, they need to be exposed as they really are people whose allegiance lies with swastika fanatics

[Mas]

06:03 PM on 01/31/2011

For those who believe in the POTUS the first part applies. For the others, the second part applies.

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.”

[SusanMH]

05:24 PM on 01/31/2011

Their bill means Lieberman could never run for president nor could any Jew, but then maybe that is part of their goal. Now if they could find a way to keep all minorities off the ballot! After all only conservative white people are worthy of the presidency

[tttt9erfan]

10:53 PM on 02/12/2011

How would it keep Jewish people out? You can be Jewish and have had both parents US citizens.

[TwinX]

11:30 PM on 02/14/2011

The problematical wording is: 'a sworn statement attesting that the candidate has not held dual or multiple citizenship and that the candidate's allegiance is solely to the United States of America'.

A lot of Jews hold dual citizenship with Israel which they are entitled to. It's the same for many citizens of Italian heritage - they are entitled to hold dual citizenship.

The proposed bill was unconstitutional and has now been voted down, in the Senate Judiciary Committee 5-3

[texadonkey]

04:50 PM on 01/31/2011

They had no problem with a McCain the military baby being born overseas. Keep it up and see ya in 2012.

[VietVet67]

04:40 PM on 01/31/2011

Arizona's economy must be booming for these lawmakers to waste time on BS like this.

[MadInAmerica]

07:46 PM on 01/31/2011

They just want to shift the focus away from gun control.