Bill Text: IL HR0641 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Recognizes President Barack Obama launching his historic 2008 presidential campaign with a speech at the Old State Capitol and his momentous speech before the Illinois General Assembly during his final year in office in 2016.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-24 - Resolution Adopted [HR0641 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HR0641-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, President Barack H. Obama served as the 44th
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3 | President of the United States of America from January 20, 2009
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4 | to January 20, 2017; he was the first African American
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5 | to the American Presidency, and the first president born out of | ||||||
6 | the continental United States; and
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7 | WHEREAS, President Obama represented the 13th Senate
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8 | District in the Illinois State Senate in Springfield from 1997 | ||||||
9 | to 2004; and
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10 | WHEREAS, President Obama announced his candidacy for | ||||||
11 | President of the United States on February 10, 2007 on the | ||||||
12 | steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, the location | ||||||
13 | where in 1858 President Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House | ||||||
14 | Divided" speech; and
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15 | WHEREAS, President Obama addressed a joint session of the | ||||||
16 | Illinois General Assembly on February 10, 2016 in a speech in | ||||||
17 | which he called upon all Americans to never stop striving to | ||||||
18 | make the United States a more perfect union; and
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19 | WHEREAS, President Obama believed that working families | ||||||
20 | are the core of what makes America special and showed a deep | ||||||
21 | understanding of the challenges that they faced; his policies |
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1 | always reflected that belief; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The presidency of Barack Obama was historic, from | ||||||
3 | his remarkable victory to his final days in office, and he | ||||||
4 | brought great pride to Illinois, especially Springfield, where | ||||||
5 | it all began; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
7 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
8 | recognize President Barack Obama launching his historic 2008 | ||||||
9 | presidential campaign with a speech at the Old State Capitol | ||||||
10 | and his momentous speech before the Illinois General Assembly | ||||||
11 | during his final year in office in 2016.
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