[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 115 (Wednesday, July 22, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

            By Mr. STEWART:
        H.R. 3172.
        Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant 
     to the following:
        Article IV, Section 4 allows that ``The United States 
     shall guarantee to every State in this union a Republican 
     Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against 
     Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the 
     Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against 
     domestic Violence.''

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