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Missouri Voters Make English Official Language

November 5th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Eighty-nine percent of Missouri voters, including yours truly, voted to approve a ballot measure to enact English as the official language of their state government.
“Voters spoke decisively Tuesday,” says K.C. McAlpin, executive director of ProEnglish.  “This landslide vote confirms national polls reflecting that a vast majority of Americans — Democrat, Republican and independent — reject [...]

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President Urged to Promote English

May 5th, 2008 · No Comments

ProEnglish, an Arlington, Va.-based national organization that advocates for official English, released a letter to President Bush today, urging him to order U.S. Department of Transportation to stop allowing Mexican truck drivers involved in the NAFTA demonstration project to demonstrate their “proficiency in English” by answering questions in Spanish.
ProEnglish and the Washington D.C.-based Eagle Forum [...]

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