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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Lee A. Daniels was elected to serve |
| 3 | | sixteen terms, from January 1975 until January 2007, in the |
| 4 | | Illinois General Assembly as the State Representative of DuPage |
| 5 | | County; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Honorable Lee A. Daniels was elected by his |
| 7 | | peers and colleagues in January 1983, to lead the House |
| 8 | | Republican caucus in the Illinois House of Representatives, |
| 9 | | thus making him the House Republican Leader; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, Lee A. Daniels led his fellow Republicans for 20 |
| 11 | | years, from 1983 until 2003, which was a period in which both |
| 12 | | DuPage County and the entire State of Illinois experienced |
| 13 | | tremendous challenges but also great prosperity; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, As the leader of the Republicans in the Illinois |
| 15 | | House of Representatives, Lee A. Daniels was a part of a long |
| 16 | | line of Illinois political leaders dating back to Abraham |
| 17 | | Lincoln, which occupied the same position on behalf of the Whig |
| 18 | | Party in 1838 and 1839; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Lee A. Daniels was honored in January 1995 when |
| 20 | | his colleagues elected him to the position of Speaker of the |
| 21 | | Illinois House of Representatives for the 89th General |
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| 1 | | Assembly; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The 89th General Assembly leadership of Lee A. |
| 3 | | Daniels as Speaker of the House was marked with path-breaking |
| 4 | | achievements in Illinois history, including the reorganization |
| 5 | | of the Chicago Public Schools, passage of a charter school law, |
| 6 | | the reorganization of the systems of Illinois higher education, |
| 7 | | the extension of property tax cap opportunities to cover all |
| 8 | | 102 Illinois counties, expansion of the system of registration |
| 9 | | for sex offenders, public assistance reform, and a statewide |
| 10 | | program of help for persons with developmental disabilities |
| 11 | | that has received nationwide honor and recognition; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, In recognition of his leadership as Speaker of the |
| 13 | | House, the Illinois State Capitol will from now on contain a |
| 14 | | permanent portrait memorial of the Honorable Lee A. Daniels, so |
| 15 | | that the people of Illinois can recognize and remember his life |
| 16 | | and public service; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 19 | | we congratulate the Honorable Lee A. Daniels upon the occasion |
| 20 | | of the unveiling of his official portrait; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the Honorable Lee A. Daniels as a permanent |