http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/06/28/mg.thu/
House GOP promotes its "American Values Agenda"
Wednesday, June 28, 2006; Posted: 11:57 a.m. EDT (15:57 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Republicans released a package of bills Tuesday aimed at energizing social conservatives five months before the midterm elections.
Billed as the "American Values Agenda," the measures range from legislation that would "protect the Pledge of Allegiance from attacks by activist federal judges seeking to rule it unconstitutional" to a constitutional amendment "declaring marriage to be between a man and a woman."
"Through this agenda, we will work to protect the faith of our people, the sanctity of life and freedoms outlined by our founding fathers," House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Illinois) said in a statement released by his office.
Jennifer Crider, a spokeswoman for House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California), dismissed the announcement as a campaign stunt.
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