Flag amendment fails by one vote

The Flag amendment fails by one vote:

WASHINGTON - A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification a week before Independence Day.

The 66-34 tally in favor of the amendment was one less than the two-thirds required. The House surpassed that threshold last year, 286-130.

The proposed amendment, sponsored by Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, read: "The Congress shall have power to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States."

Don't worry though! It'll come up again right before an election when the politicians need you to know they are on the patriotic bandwagon.

Illegal immigration and border negligence are wreaking havoc on this country but how urgent are these issues with the concerned Congressmen who insist that you are aware of their abiding patriotism?