Full Text of HR0117 096th General Assembly
HR0117 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The impact of our nation's economic crisis is | 3 |
| being felt across Illinois, with families losing their jobs and | 4 |
| their homes; and
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| WHEREAS, Unemployment in Illinois continues to rise, with a | 6 |
| rate of 7.6% reported in December and 100,700 jobs lost in | 7 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Illinois Comptroller Daniel Hynes has predicted | 9 |
| the next fiscal year's State budget could face a $9 billion | 10 |
| shortfall; and
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| WHEREAS, Spending cuts threaten vital State services such | 12 |
| as education, health care, and public safety, services that | 13 |
| many families rely on in good times and bad times, and threaten | 14 |
| to undermine our ability to grow our economy; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Congress has passed, and the | 16 |
| President has signed, the American Recovery and Reinvestment | 17 |
| Act of 2009, which is aimed at quickly revitalizing our | 18 |
| nation's economy by pumping funds into State programs and | 19 |
| projects designed to put people to work, with specific | 20 |
| provisions designed to offset potential spending cuts in | 21 |
| specific areas; and
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| WHEREAS, In order to turn our economy around, State leaders | 2 |
| must move quickly to submit plans to the federal government for | 3 |
| spending the approximately $8.8 billion allocated for | 4 |
| Illinois, and deadlines are in place to reallocate the funding | 5 |
| to other states if we are unable to submit the necessary plans; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, The people of the State of Illinois expect their | 8 |
| elected officials to work together for the common good; | 9 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| urge the Office of the Governor to not only move quickly with a | 13 |
| plan to spend federal funds set aside under the American | 14 |
| Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, but to also work with | 15 |
| the General Assembly and legislators to identify qualified | 16 |
| projects in economically-distressed regions that will provide | 17 |
| the most economic stimulus and jobs for Illinois residents; and | 18 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| delivered to the Governor and Chief Operating Officer Jack | 21 |
| Lavin.
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