Bill Text: IL HR1540 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates United States Congressman Bobby Rush on his 70th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR1540 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR1540-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate United States Congressman | ||||||
4 | Bobby Rush on the occasion of his 70th birthday on November 23, | ||||||
5 | 2016; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush was born in Albany, Georgia on | ||||||
7 | November 23, 1946 and moved to Chicago at the age of 7; he | ||||||
8 | earned his Bachelor of General Studies from Roosevelt | ||||||
9 | University in 1973, his Master of Arts in Political Science | ||||||
10 | from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974, and his | ||||||
11 | Master of Theology from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1978; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush was involved the civil rights | ||||||
14 | movement throughout the 1960s; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush took office as United States | ||||||
16 | Representative for Illinois's 1st Congressional District in | ||||||
17 | 1993, and has since won consecutive re-election; while in | ||||||
18 | office, he has focused on issues of importance to low and | ||||||
19 | middle-income families and communities; he has brought more | ||||||
20 | than one billion dollars to the 1st Congressional District; he | ||||||
21 | has led efforts to fund major infrastructure projects and | ||||||
22 | obtained millions of dollars in grants for libraries, museums, |
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1 | municipalities, police departments, hospitals, schools, and | ||||||
2 | programs that support the arts; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush and his wife, Carolyn, had seven | ||||||
4 | children together; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Congressman Rush is an honorably discharged | ||||||
6 | veteran of the United States Army; he is an ordained minister | ||||||
7 | and is the pastor of the Beloved Community Christian Church of | ||||||
8 | God in Christ in Chicago; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
10 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
11 | congratulate United States Congressman Bobby Rush on his 70th | ||||||
12 | birthday, and we wish him many more wonderful years; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to Congressman Rush as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
16 | esteem.
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