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<title>Reaffirming that voting is a fundamental right of all eligible United States citizens and recognizing that allowing illegal immigrants the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of United States citizens.</title>
<summary summary-id="id116hres295v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2020-05-06">
<action-date>2019-04-08</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution reaffirms that voting is a fundamental right of citizenship and declares that allowing immigrants not legally in the country the right to vote devalues the franchise and diminishes the voting power of U.S. citizens. </p> <p><br /></p>]]></summary-text>
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