John Conyers: “But how is it we knew better what they should do with their State criminals than they did?”

Additionally, a balanced budget amendment would undermine the Federal Government's ability to respond to a national crisis.

My amendment would exempt from H.R. 469 settlement agreements and consent decrees intended to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, or other protected category. Given the often systemic nature of discriminatory…

Yes, they tell me there is a chance it could very well be struck down. But we will go ahead and run that risk.

Although H.R. 469 has many flaws, I am particularly concerned that the bill's broad and ill-defined requirements would effectively delay and possibly deter civil enforcement agencies from providing general relief in discrimination cases…