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CONSTITUTION PROJECT Virginia Sloan, president of the Constitution Project, calls the move by Congress "remarkable."
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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens to questions at a press conference at the end of the ASEAN conference on Friday in Hanoi. Mrs. Clinton criticized China's territorial claims, which angered Beijiing's leadership, and called on China to resolve the disputes. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Police detains Hamid Gul, former chief of the country's main intelligence agency and a staunch critic of Musharraf's support of the U.S.-led war on terror, in Islamabad, Pakistan on Nov 4, 2007. Authorities rounded up opposition leaders after Gen. Pervez Musharraf suspended Pakistan's constitution, declaring rising Islamic extremism forced him to take emergency measures that included replacing the nation's chief judge and blacking out the independent media that refused to support him. (Associated Press)
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This undated black-and-white handout photo provided by the National Archives shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretary Grace Tully placing mail in the president's mailbox. After being sealed for years, the National Archives has acquired the largest privately held collection of FDR papers. The 14 boxes of artifacts were amassed by Roosevelt's secretary Grace Tully. (AP Photo/National Archives)
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Maryland Republican gubernatorial candidate Robert Ehrlich announces former Maryland Secretary of State Mary Kane as his pick for his running mate Thursday, July 1, 2010, in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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An aerial view shows the reconstructed Old Town with the Royal Castle on right, in Warsaw, Poland, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The Warsaw Uprising Museum released a 3D film on Wednesday showing the ruins of Warsaw after World War II. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)
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Pro-bullfighting supporters are seen in front of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making this Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. (AP Photo/David Ramos)
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Pro-bullfighting supporters shout at anti-bullfighting supporters in front of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The parliament voted to outlaw bullfighting, making Catalonia Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. (AP Photo/David Ramos)
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Pro-bullfighting supporters argue with police officers in front of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The parliament voted to outlaw bullfighting, making Catalonia Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. (AP Photo/David Ramos)
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Animal rights activists toast with sparkling wine to celebrate Catalonia's parliament decision to ban bullfights on their northeastern region, in Madrid on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Lawmakers in Catalonia outlawed bullfighting Wednesday, making it Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)
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FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on FBI oversight. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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In this still from the film "City of Ruins," provided by The Warsaw Uprising Museum and Platige Image, the ruins of the Ghetto are seen in Warsaw in 1944 after the uprising. Polish historians have created an unusual 3D film that documents the shocking sea of rubble that Warsaw was reduced to during World War II. (AP Photo/Warsaw Uprising Museum and Platige Image)
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Pakistani rescue workers examine the site of a plane crash in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official said all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)
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Pakistani rescuers surround the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo)
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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)
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Pakistani rescue workers look for survivors amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Islamabad, Pakistan on Wednesday, July 28, 2010. A government official says all 152 people on board the plane that crashed in the hills surrounding Pakistan's capital were killed. (AP Photo/Irfan Haider)
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni Sarkozy is pictured during filming of a scene of the movie "Midnight in Paris", directed by Woody Allen, in Paris, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
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President Obama makes an appeal for bipartisanship on his legislative agenda on Tuesday, July 27, 2010, during a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
