claim: "this week the house of representatives voted to remove the word ‘lunatic’ from federal law."
author: allen west
evidence_1: dec 5, 2012 ... house approves eliminating 'lunatic' from federal law ... the lone “no” vote  was cast by representative louie gohmert, republican of ... should we not  eliminate the word 'lunatic' from federal law when the most pressing ...
evidence_2: dec 6, 2012 ... on wednesday, the house of representatives voted 398-1 in support of ... “not  only should we not eliminate the word 'lunatic' from federal law ...
evidence_3: lunatic is an informal term referring to a person who is considered as mentally ill,  dangerous, ... on december 5, 2012 the us house of representatives passed  legislation approved earlier by the us senate removing the word "lunatic" from  all federal laws in the united states. president barack obama signed this  legislation ...
evidence_4: dec 5, 2016 ... allen west, r-palm beach gardens. "this week we voted in the house of  representatives to remove the word 'lunatic' from federal law," wrote ...
evidence_5: 644, 20-dec, h r 6684, on passage, p, spending reduction act of 2012 ... pass,  p, to strike the word lunatic from federal law, and for other purposes ... in the  united states, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other  purposes.