United States Fourteenth Amendment & The Civil Rights Act of 1866

An amendment to the Constitution of the United States that granted citizenship and equal rights, both civil and legal, to Black Americans, including those who had been emancipated by the thirteenth amendment.

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Session 5272: 1865-12-21 12:00:00

Delos R. Ashley of Nevada enters the House; the House is informed of the Senate appointments to the Joint Committee of Fifteen on Reconstruction

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Resolution Endorsing the President's Annual Message and Denying the Right to Secede

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Resolved, That the message of the President of the United States, delivered at the present Congress, is regarded by this body as an able and patriotic state paper.

Resolved, That the principles therein advocated for the restoration of the Union are the safest and most practicable that can now be applied to our disordered domestic affairs.

Resolved, That no State, or any number of States confederated together, can in any manner sunder their connection with the Federal Union, except by a total subversion of our present system of government; and that the President in enunciating this doctrine in his late message has but given expression to the sentiments of all those who deny the right or power of a State to secede.

Resolved, That the President is entitled to the thanks of Congress and the country for his faithful, wise, and successful efforts to restore civil government, law, and order to those States whose citizens were lately in insurrection against the Federal authority; and we hereby pledge ourselves to aid, assist, and uphold him in the policy which he has adopted to give harmony, peace, and union to the country.

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Resolution Endorsing the President's Annual Message and Denying the Right to Secede (introduced on 1865-12-21 12:00:00 - CREATE - e652404) [This document] [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion for Unanimous Consent to Introduce Resolutions (introduced on 1865-12-21 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e652406) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1865-12-21 12:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e652408) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Refer the Resolutions to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (introduced on 1865-12-21 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e904011) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1865-12-21 12:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e688323) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Call up the Resolution on Former Confederate States (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901194) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Point of Order (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901196) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e387038) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e333515) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Point of Order (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901196) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - REJECT_PROPOSAL - e387038) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Resolution Endorsing the President's Annual Message and Denying the Right to Secede: Mr. Bingham's Substitute (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROPOSE_DOCUMENT_AMENDMENT - e901350) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion for the Previous Question (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901307) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - DEBATE_MOTION - e901308) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - DROP_PROPOSAL - e405438) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion to Refer the Resolution and Substitute to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901310) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Motion for the Previous Question (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901311) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e33695) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Motion for the Yeas and Nays (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901312) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e802784) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e463216) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Motion to Reconsider the Vote on the Motion to Refer (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901340) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - Motion to Lay the Motion to Reconsider on the Table (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901342) [view current proposal at this moment]
        
        None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e15593) [view current proposal at this moment]
- Motion to Refer the Resolution and Substitute to the Joint Committee on Reconstruction (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901310) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion for the Previous Question (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901311) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e33695) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion for the Yeas and Nays (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901312) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e802784) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e463216) [view current proposal at this moment]
  - Motion to Reconsider the Vote on the Motion to Refer (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901340) [view current proposal at this moment]
    - Motion to Lay the Motion to Reconsider on the Table (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - PROCEDURE - e901342) [view current proposal at this moment]
      - None (introduced on 1866-01-09 12:00:00 - ADOPT_PROPOSAL - e15593) [view current proposal at this moment]

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