Bill Text: IL HR0114 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Invites Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to address a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly to discuss President Trump's proposed border wall, the impact of a 20% tariff on goods imported from Mexico to pay for the wall, and the economic impact that such a wall and President Trump's policies will have on Illinois and Mexico.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HR0114 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0114-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, President Donald Trump is taking steps to fulfill | ||||||
3 | his campaign promise to build a wall along the border between | ||||||
4 | the United States and Mexico; and
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5 | WHEREAS, President Trump has suggested that a tariff of 20% | ||||||
6 | should be placed on products imported from Mexico to pay for | ||||||
7 | the border wall, which would essentially result in Americans | ||||||
8 | paying for the wall; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Mexico is the second-largest export partner of | ||||||
10 | Illinois and the third-largest import partner; therefore, be it
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11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
12 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
13 | formally invite Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto to address | ||||||
14 | a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly to discuss the | ||||||
15 | proposed border wall, the impact of a 20% tariff on goods | ||||||
16 | imported from Mexico to pay for the wall, and the economic | ||||||
17 | impact that such a wall and President Trump's policies will | ||||||
18 | have on Illinois and Mexico; and be it further
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19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
20 | delivered to Enrique Pena Nieto, President of Mexico.
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