Bill Text: IL SR1610 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Representative Philip M. Crane.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1610 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1610-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of former United States Representative | ||||||
4 | Philip M. "Phil" Crane, who passed away at the home of
his | ||||||
5 | daughter, Rebekah, on November 8, 2014; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Rep. Phil Crane was born in Chicago on November 3, | ||||||
7 | 1930; his parents were George W. Crane and Cora Ellen Miller; | ||||||
8 | he graduated
from Hillsdale College in 1952 and earned his | ||||||
9 | Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1963; he also served in the | ||||||
10 | United States Army from 1954 until 1956; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Rep. Phil Crane taught as an Associate Professor | ||||||
12 | of History at Bradley University; while there, he gained | ||||||
13 | national recognition in politics as a charismatic
and popular | ||||||
14 | public speaker on behalf of the Barry Goldwater presidential | ||||||
15 | campaign in 1964; those
efforts, combined with the release of | ||||||
16 | his 1964 book, "The Democrat's Dilemma", elevated him as a
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17 | leading national figure in the fledgling conservative movement | ||||||
18 | and the Republican Party; he also wrote the "The Sum of Good | ||||||
19 | Government" in 1976 and "Surrender in Panama: The Case Against | ||||||
20 | the Treaty" in 1978; and
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21 | WHEREAS, In 1969, then-Congressman Donald Rumsfeld was
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22 | appointed by President Richard Nixon to serve in his |
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1 | administration,
leaving a vacancy in Congress; Rep. Phil Crane | ||||||
2 | ran for, and won, the vacated seat, taking up the seat in 1969; | ||||||
3 | he continued to represent Illinois in Congress until January | ||||||
4 | 2005; and
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5 | WHEREAS, While serving in Congress, Rep. Phil Crane spent | ||||||
6 | most of his career serving on the Ways and Means Committee, | ||||||
7 | where he championed lower taxes, a simplified tax code, free | ||||||
8 | market economics, and free trade; he was the ranking member and | ||||||
9 | eventually Chairman of the Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee, | ||||||
10 | where he led the effort to pass numerous free trade agreements, | ||||||
11 | including the North American Free Trade Agreement; he was also | ||||||
12 | very active in efforts to reduce or limit government spending | ||||||
13 | and authored and supported hundreds of bills and amendments to | ||||||
14 | accomplish those ends; and
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15 | WHEREAS, As a leader of the conservative movement in | ||||||
16 | Congress, Rep. Phil Crane was instrumental in the founding of a | ||||||
17 | number of conservative organizations; in 1973, he founded the | ||||||
18 | Republican Study Committee, the preeminent Republican | ||||||
19 | conservative organization in the United States House of | ||||||
20 | Representatives; that same year, he was a leader in the effort | ||||||
21 | to form the Heritage Foundation, which has grown into one of | ||||||
22 | the most well known and respected conservative think tanks in | ||||||
23 | the country; he also served as head of the American | ||||||
24 | Conservative Union; and
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1 | WHEREAS,
In 1978, Rep. Phil Crane
threw his hat in the ring | ||||||
2 | in 1978 for the Republican nomination for President of the | ||||||
3 | United States; as Republicans were commencing the process of | ||||||
4 | choosing Ronald Reagan as the 1980 presidential nominee, he | ||||||
5 | mobilized political support for President Reagan's election; | ||||||
6 | and
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7 | WHEREAS, Rep. Phil Crane was preceded in death by his | ||||||
8 | parents; his wife, Arlene; a brother, George; and a daughter, | ||||||
9 | Rachel; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Rep. Phil Crane is survived by his siblings, Judy, | ||||||
11 | Daniel, and David; his children, Catherine, Susanna, Rebekah, | ||||||
12 | Jennifer, Sarah, George, and Carrie; and many grandchildren; | ||||||
13 | therefore, be it
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14 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
15 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
16 | former United States Representative Philip M. "Phil" Crane; and | ||||||
17 | be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to the family of Rep. Phil Crane as an expression of | ||||||
20 | our sympathy.
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