Bill Text: PA HR70 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Honoring President Barack Obama, the first African-American President of the United States.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 52-15)

Status: (Passed) 2009-02-11 - Adopted [HR70 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-HR70-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 388
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No. 70 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY WHEATLEY, BROWN, PAYTON, McGEEHAN, BELFANTI, BEYER, BISHOP, BOYD, BRENNAN, BUXTON, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, CONKLIN, P. COSTA, DALEY, DePASQUALE, DeWEESE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEORGE, GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARKINS, HARRIS, HELM, HESS, HORNAMAN, JOHNSON, JOSEPHS, W. KELLER, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LEVDANSKY, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MANN, MARKOSEK, McCALL, MELIO, MILLARD, MUNDY, PALLONE, PARKER, PRESTON, READSHAW, REED, ROEBUCK, SAINATO, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, SHAPIRO, K. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STURLA, THOMAS, WALKO, WANSACZ, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, YUDICHAK AND SIPTROTH, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, FEBRUARY 10, 2009
A RESOLUTION
Honoring President Barack Obama, the first African-American
President of the United States.
WHEREAS, The Honorable Barack Obama of Illinois was elected
the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008,
with 365 electoral votes; and
WHEREAS, Barack Obama is the first person to be elected
President of the United States with African descent; and
WHEREAS, With a father from Kenya and a mother from Kansas,
President Obama was born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961. He was
raised with help from his grandfather, who served in Patton's
Army, and his grandmother, who worked her way up from the
secretarial pool to middle management at a bank; and
WHEREAS, After working his way through college with the help
of scholarships and student loans, President Obama moved to
Chicago, where he worked with a group of churches to help
rebuild communities; and
WHEREAS, He went to Harvard Law School, where he became the
first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. Upon
graduation, he returned to Chicago to teach constitutional law
at the University of Chicago, and remained active in his
community; and
WHEREAS, The junior senator from the State of Illinois
announced his candidacy for President almost two years ago,
beginning his historic, barrier-busting bid for the nation's
highest office; and
WHEREAS, Forty-five years after Dr. Martin Luther King
delivered his historic "I have a dream" speech, millions of
United States citizens gathered on the National Mall on January
20, 2009, and watched on television to witness the historic
Inauguration of the 44th President of the United States, Barack
Obama, the first African-American President of the United
States; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the American people be commended for uniting
to form a more perfect union in this historic election; and be
it further
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives honor President
Barack Obama as the first African-American President of the
United States.
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