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title III and sections 3001 through 3301 and was not an 
accurate or complete document; 
Whereas the President vetoed and returned to the House said 
certified copy; 
Whereas before laying the President’s message before the 
House, the Speaker and the Democratic Leadership were 
informed by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel and 
the Committee on Agriculture that said certified copy 
was erroneous and not an accurate or complete docu-
ment; 
Whereas on May 21, 2008, the Democratic Leadership delib-
erately chose to ignore that notification and instead al-
lowed the House to vote on an incorrect version of this 
legislation; 
Whereas a veto override requires 2⁄3 of the House to vote in 
the affirmative, and knowledge of this mistake may have 
influenced each Member’s decision and therefore changed 
the outcome of this vote, which is why the Democratic 
Leadership chose not to pursue a correction of this legis-
lation; 
Whereas the effect of these actions raises serious constitu-
tional questions and jeopardizes the legal status of this 
legislation; 
Whereas Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Hoyer know-
ingly scheduled and began consideration of the Presi-
dent’s veto of H.R. 2419, without regard to the serious 
and obvious constitutional questions and detrimental im-
plications to the sanctity of the House and its process; 
Whereas at the direction of the Republican Leader, senior 
staff contacted the Chief-of-Staff to the Speaker and the 
Floor Director for the Majority Leader, requesting that 
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they immediately halt consideration of the veto message 
until the facts surrounding the errors could be sorted out 
and all Members could be notified; 
Whereas the Democratic Leadership refused that request; 
Whereas in the 109th Congress, the current Speaker, Nancy 
Pelosi, offered a privileged resolution, H. Res. 683, ac-
cusing the Republicans of concealment, incompetence, 
and corruption with respect to the enrollment error of the 
Deficit Reduction Act; 
Whereas the Deficit Reduction Act was the subject of numer-
ous lawsuits questioning its validity due to the enrollment 
error, including a lawsuit filed by several Democratic 
Members; 
Whereas in a memorandum from the Clerk of the House to 
Speaker Nancy Pelosi entitled ‘‘Farm Bill Omission’’ and 
dated May 21, 2008, the Clerk stated ‘‘Enrolling Division 
staff expressed concern in receiving direct calls from 
Leadership and the Committee to accelerate the enrolling 
process.’’; and 
Whereas the Democratic Leadership’s repeated efforts to 
thwart the normal legislative process by cutting corners, 
ignoring requirements of the Constitution and House 
rules, and rushing through legislation with major errors, 
forces Members to vote on controversial legislation with-
out thorough time for review and must be denounced: 
Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That— 
(1) the Committee on Standards of Official 
Conduct shall begin an immediate investigation into 
the abuse of power surrounding the inaccuracies in 
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the process and enrollment of H.R. 2419, Food and 
Energy Security Act of 2007, vetoed by the Presi-
dent on May 21, 2008; and 
(2) the Speaker, Majority Leader and other 
Members of the Democratic Leadership are hereby 
admonished for their roles in the events surrounding 
this enrollment error. 
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