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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, President Barack H. Obama served as the 44th

3President of the United States of America from January 20, 2009

4to January 20, 2017; he was  the first African American
elected 
5to the American Presidency, and the first president born out of 
6the continental United States; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, President Obama represented the 13th Senate

8District in the Illinois State Senate in Springfield from 1997 
9to 2004; and
 
10    WHEREAS, President Obama announced his candidacy for 
11President of the United States on February 10, 2007 on the 
12steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, the location 
13where in 1858 President Abraham Lincoln delivered his "House 
14Divided" speech; and
 
15    WHEREAS, President Obama addressed a joint session of the 
16Illinois General Assembly on February 10, 2016 in a speech in 
17which he called upon all Americans to never stop striving to 
18make the United States a more perfect union; and
 
19    WHEREAS, President Obama believed  that working families 
20are the core of what makes America special and  showed a deep 
21understanding of the challenges that they faced; his policies 
 
 
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1always reflected that belief; and
  
 
2    WHEREAS, The presidency of Barack Obama was historic, from 
3his remarkable victory to his final days in office, and he 
4brought great pride to Illinois, especially Springfield, where 
5it all began; therefore, be it
  
 


  
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
7HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
8recognize President Barack Obama launching his historic 2008 
9presidential campaign with a speech at the Old State Capitol 
10and his momentous speech before the Illinois General Assembly 
11during his final year in office in 2016.