I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker. with considerable reluctance I am going to abandon my efforts today to try to get this amendment. which has been called the McDade amendment. agreed to the purpose of which is to have the constitutional question of whether or not illegal aliens and. indeed. legal aliens counted as if they were citizens for the purposes of representation in this House. and as a consequence thereof in the electoral college. My whole purpose in bringing this before the House was to try to get it litigated by the Supreme Court so we could get the constitutional question answered. I do not think there is any doubt about the constitutional question. I believe it is quite clear that if the court had an opportunity to rule. they would rule that the citizenship rights of a citizen in State A. where there may not be any Illegal aliens. or legal aliens. may not be diluted because of the mere presence of aliens. legal or otherwise. in State B. I think It violates the principle of equal representation. I think it violates the principle of one manone vote.
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