United States to adopt bison as national mammal

The Treasury should replace Jackson with the Bison, on the $20 bill.

Thank you Sen. Hoeven. I grew up in Devils Lake, have fond memories of many of the people at Fort Totten and am grateful for this bill.

I like buffalo, they taste really good.

So the bald eagle's no longer the national animal or is this something else? I mean I have no objection to making the bison our national animal, just wondering about the bald eagle. that's all.

No, not bison. Instead adopt the Bigfoot (Sasquatch) as America's national mammal.

I hear that hunters can shoot these when they are tied up in a field. If so, it should be illegal.

Wow, you mean we finally got a bill passed by Congress that Obama will not veto? Oh, that's right, it was a bill introduced by a Democrat Rep.

Really, why do we put up with our politicians who waste time on things like this? People you need to start voting in independents and third party people at the local level. Eventually you will then be able to vote them into national office and maybe we can get rid of these imbeciles we have that are supposed to represent us and waste their very limited time at work dealing with THIS nonsense.

Fantastic meat...

This sounds like a plan to put Michele Obama’s picture back on a nickel.

Good. We celebrate the killing of millions of Bison by the ''white man'' as he blamed it on the spiritful Indians.

This was the rational behind cattle grazing...cattle get along with land and highways much better than bison which roam far and wide jump fences and love to smash up cars for fun. Plus cattle are delicious and farm friendly. There is a place for Bison...National Parks and wide open spaces.

I am all for it! Always LOVED the buffalo!

You can't roller skate in a buffalo herd.

I would have guessed the RAT.

Period.

Great. Now, along with this Act, Congress should also pass the National Indigenous Native American Legacy Act. The irony is so thick, you could could cut it with a broken arrow!

When bison take care of the electricity, water, and trash disposal, they're paying the Buffalo bills.

Lets hope he doesn't politicize this and refuse to sign. It should be relatively simple, even for him.

Not only are they a symbol of America, they're tasty!

While they are at it. I believe English has earned the right to be our official language. A common language is one of the most important human resources a country like ours can have, and it's circling the drain in some parts of the country.

Americans speak over 100 foreign languages. We can always share each other's cuisine, music, the arts, etc., but without a common language, we can't easily share each other's thoughts and ideas. And that's what allowed the United States to become one, indivisible nation.

Second languages are wonderful and having a variety of second languages would allow people to get in touch with their own heritage and promote the U.S. in today's ever changing, global society. For everybody to make their own choice, we need one, common language for government and public discourse. We should not have to learn somebody else's foreign language merely to accommodate other Americans who don't use English. We don't want language barriers to dictate where Americans can live and work in their own country.

It's time to make English official...while we still can, and phase out non-emergency bilingual government!