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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, On May 9, 2001, President Bush nominated  Miguel
 3    A.  Estrada  to  fill a vacancy on the United States Court of
 4    Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Estrada's   credentials   go   uncontested
 6    beginning  with  his  mastery  of  the  English  language and
 7    American culture upon his arrival to the United States as  an
 8    immigrant  from  Honduras;  he graduated magna cum laude from
 9    Columbia University and Harvard Law School; and

10        WHEREAS, Over a year-and-a-half has passed without a vote
11    on the Senate floor; and

12        WHEREAS, The Senate  judiciary  committee  has  issued  a
13    favorable  report  to the United State Senate, yet because of
14    partisan policies Democrat Senators threaten to filibuster  a
15    Senate Floor vote; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Estrada  has received support from liberal
17    and conservative colleagues alike who attest that he  is  one
18    of  the most brilliant and effective appellate lawyers in the
19    country; and

20        WHEREAS, Organizations who support  Mr.  Estrada  include
21    the  League  of  United  Latin  American  Citizens,  the U.S.
22    Hispanic Chamber  of  Commerce,  the  Hispanic  National  Bar
23    Association, the Hispanic Business Roundtable, and The Latino
24    Coalition; and

25        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Estrada would be the first Hispanic in the
26    country to sit on the  U.S.  Court  of  Appeals  District  of
27    Columbia  Circuit  -  an  important  and prestigious position
28    within the nation's Court of Appeals; therefore, be it

29        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
30    ASSEMBLY  OF  THE  STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we urge the United
 
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 1    States Senators and the United  State  Congress  to  work  to
 2    allow a vote on the appointment of Miguel Estrada to the U.S.
 3    Court  of  Appeals  District  of  Columbia Circuit; and be it
 4    further

 5        RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution shall be sent to
 6    U.S. Senator Richard Durbin, U.S. Senator  Peter  Fitzgerald,
 7    the  other  members to the Illinois congressional delegation,
 8    and the U.S. Senate Majority Leader, Senator Bill Frist.