An attempt to drop the word North from the state name was defeated by the 1947 Legislative Assembly (House Concurrent Resolution {H.C.R.} J). Again in 1989, the Legislature rejected two resolutions (Senate Concurrent Resolutions Nos. {S.C.R.
The Noahide Laws were quietly passed in Congress. Congressman Tom Sawyer-Ohio, Congressman Tom Ridge-Pennsylvania (Governor during 911 and Virginia Tech shooting lead investigator), Jewish lobbyist and minority leader Bob Michaels and Congressman Benjamin Gillman-New York.
The original Patriot Act was passed into law on October 24, 2001 by the Congress of the United States, just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with few Congressman even reading it and virtually no debate.