Full Text of HR0128 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, President Barack H. Obama served as the 44th | 3 | | President of the United States of America from January 20, 2009 | 4 | | to January 20, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, President Obama, the first African American | 6 | | elected to the American Presidency was born in Hawaii; he was | 7 | | the first President born out of the contiguous United States; | 8 | | and | 9 | | WHEREAS, President Obama attended Occidental College in | 10 | | Los Angeles and graduated from Columbia College in New York in | 11 | | 1983; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, President Obama worked as a community organizer on | 13 | | the South Side of Chicago from June of 1985 to May of 1988; he | 14 | | entered Harvard Law School in the fall of 1988, returning to | 15 | | Chicago during summers, where he worked as an associate at | 16 | | various law firms; he permanently returned to Chicago in 1991 | 17 | | after earning his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, President Obama taught constitutional law at the | 19 | | University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004; he also | 20 | | worked as a lawyer, specializing in civil rights litigation and | 21 | | neighborhood economic development; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to the Illinois State | 2 | | Senate in 1996, representing the Illinois 13th District; he was | 3 | | re-elected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 and 2002; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to represent Illinois | 5 | | in the United States Senate in 2004 with over 70% of the vote; | 6 | | and | 7 | | WHEREAS, President Obama announced his candidacy for | 8 | | President of the United States of America in February of 2007 | 9 | | from the steps of the Old State Capitol Building in | 10 | | Springfield, the site of President Abraham Lincoln's 1858 | 11 | | "House Divided" speech; he was elected President in 2008 with | 12 | | just under 53% of the popular vote; he was re-elected in 2012; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, As President of the United States of America, | 15 | | President Obama has been a progressive leader on numerous | 16 | | issues including, domestic policy, LGBTQ rights, women's | 17 | | rights, healthcare, economic policy, environmental policy, | 18 | | energy, gun control, internet policy, and foreign policy; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace | 20 | | Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen | 21 | | international diplomacy and cooperation between people; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, President Obama is an avid fan of the Chicago | 2 | | White Sox; in 2011, he hosted the Chicago Bears at the White | 3 | | House to celebrate their 1985 Super Bowl victory; he hosted the | 4 | | Chicago Cubs at the White House to celebrate their 2016 World | 5 | | Series Championship as one of his last official acts as | 6 | | President; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, The Barack Obama Presidential Center will be | 8 | | hosted by the University of Chicago and will be located in | 9 | | Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago; once completed it | 10 | | will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records | 11 | | Administration presidential library system; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 14 | | declare August 4, 2017 and August 4, 2018 as "President Barack | 15 | | Obama Day" in honor of the 44th President of the United States | 16 | | of America and in recognition of his historic and | 17 | | transformative presidency; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to President Obama as a symbol of our respect and | 20 | | esteem.
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