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Old 06-09-2014, 09:40 AM
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Originally Posted by P.C. View Post
You do understand that your first link did such a great job of shooting your own contention down in flames that most won't bother looking at the second link...

The introduction of a bill which is sent off to committee to die of old age does not constitute a vote on that bill.
from the article below:

"In any case, though, the ELA seems one final, and to some observers, paranoid, attempt to make up for the perceived humiliation of 1795, when English reportedly came within a hair’s-breadth of losing out as the official language of the United States in a vote which never really took place."

Do You Speak American . Sea to Shining Sea . Official American . English Only | PBS
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