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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT 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
elected |
| 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 attended Occidental College in
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| 8 | | Los Angeles, California and graduated from Columbia University |
| 9 | | in New York in
1983; he attended Harvard Law School, where
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| 10 | | was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law |
| 11 | | Review; he taught constitutional law at the University of
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| 12 | | Chicago Law School for 12 years and served the City of Chicago |
| 13 | | as a community organizer; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, President Obama represented the 13th Senate
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| 15 | | District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to represent Illinois
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| 17 | | in the United States Senate in 2004 with over 70% of the vote; |
| 18 | | and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected President in 2008 with
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| 20 | | just under 53% of the popular vote; he was re-elected in 2012; |
| 21 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As President, President Obama signed into law the |
| 2 | | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which saved the nation |
| 3 | | from the worst of effects of the Great Recession; he also |
| 4 | | signed into law the Dodd-Frank financial
institution |
| 5 | | regulations to help the nation avoid
another economic |
| 6 | | catastrophe; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, President Obama has been a progressive leader on |
| 8 | | numerous
issues including, domestic policy, LGBTQ rights, |
| 9 | | women's
rights, healthcare, economic policy, environmental |
| 10 | | policy,
energy, gun control, internet policy, and foreign |
| 11 | | policy; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, President Obama reduced the number of U.S. troops
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| 13 | | committed internationally; he signed the Paris Agreement and
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| 14 | | negotiated a successful nuclear deal with Iran; he oversaw the
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| 15 | | opening of relations between the U.S. and Cuba; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, President Obama signed the
Affordable Care Act, |
| 17 | | providing healthcare to millions and
protecting millions more |
| 18 | | from being denied for pre-existing
conditions; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace
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| 20 | | Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen |
| 21 | | international diplomacy and cooperation between people; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Barack Obama Presidential Center will be
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| 2 | | hosted by the University of Chicago and will be located in
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| 3 | | Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago; once completed it
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| 4 | | will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records |
| 5 | | Administration presidential library system; 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, THE SENATE |
| 8 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Interstate 55 as it |
| 9 | | travels from the Tri-State Tollway to East St. Louis as the |
| 10 | | "Barack Obama Presidential Expressway"; and be it further
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
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| 12 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
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| 13 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
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| 14 | | giving notice of the name "Barack Obama Presidential |
| 15 | | Expressway"; and be it further
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be |
| 17 | | presented to President Obama and the Secretary of the |
| 18 | | Department of Transportation.
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