NM Student Congress Leg. Due Thursday

Congress

 

You will write a bill for student congress that deals with an issue New Mexico faces. In order to write this bill, you’ll want to have an understanding of some of the issues NM deals with. This is due Thursday, Oct 18 submitted via email. You may write a bill on one of the following concerns:

 

• Water rights

 

• Alcohol issues

 

• Drunk Driving

 

• Smoking laws

 

• Casinos

 

• High School dropout rates

 

• Funding of schools and teacher salary

 

• Marijuana and other drugs, including Meth

 

• War in Iraq

 

These websites are a good place to start.

 

http://www.jointogether.org/keyissues/

http://www.bhrcs.org/service/advocacy.htm

http://members.aol.com/nminjury/nmdctr.htm

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/WaterLaws/newmexico.html

http://www.southernnewmexico.com/Articles/GeneralInterest/WaterinSouthernNewMexico.html

http://www.southernnewmexico.com/Articles/GeneralInterest/WaterinSouthernNewMexico.html

http://www.infoimagination.org/ps/drug_war/articles/recommend_2000.html

 

A Resolution to Decrease Global Warming

Whereas, particles released from aerosol cans has increased by 35% since 1930, and

Whereas, the number of carbon dioxide gasses have increased by 25% and the methane concentration by 150%,  and

Whereas, the average global temperature has risen 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit since 1900, and

Whereas, sea levels are increasing, resulting in flooding, changes in rain patterns, and shifts in animal/plant populations, therefore

BE IT RESOLVED by the student congress here assembled that the Federal Government should ban any future production and/or usage of household aerosols and refrigerants that are dependent upon CFCs, except inhalers.