Full Text of HJR0036 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 36
| 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; he was the first African American
elected | 5 | | to the American Presidency, and the first President born out of | 6 | | the continental United States; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, President Obama attended Occidental College in
| 8 | | Los Angeles, California and graduated from Columbia University | 9 | | in New York in
1983; he attended Harvard Law School, where
he | 10 | | was the first African American editor of the Harvard Law | 11 | | Review; he taught constitutional law at the University of
| 12 | | Chicago Law School for 12 years and served the City of Chicago | 13 | | as a community organizer; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, President Obama represented the 13th Senate
| 15 | | District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to represent Illinois
| 17 | | in the United States Senate in 2004 with over 70% of the vote; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, President Obama was elected President in 2008 with
| 20 | | just under 53% of the popular vote; he was re-elected in 2012; | 21 | | and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, As President, President Obama signed into law the | 2 | | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which saved the nation | 3 | | from the worst of effects of the Great Recession; he also | 4 | | signed into law the Dodd-Frank financial
institution | 5 | | regulations to help the nation avoid
another economic | 6 | | catastrophe; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, President Obama has been a progressive leader on | 8 | | numerous
issues including, domestic policy, LGBTQ rights, | 9 | | women's
rights, healthcare, economic policy, environmental | 10 | | policy,
energy, gun control, internet policy, and foreign | 11 | | policy; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, President Obama reduced the number of U.S. troops
| 13 | | committed internationally; he signed the Paris Agreement and
| 14 | | negotiated a successful nuclear deal with Iran; he oversaw the
| 15 | | opening of relations between the U.S. and Cuba; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, President Obama signed the
Affordable Care Act, | 17 | | providing healthcare to millions and
protecting millions more | 18 | | from being denied for pre-existing
conditions; 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, The Barack Obama Presidential Center will be
| 2 | | hosted by the University of Chicago and will be located in
| 3 | | Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago; once completed it
| 4 | | will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records | 5 | | Administration presidential library system; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | 8 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Interstate 55 as it | 9 | | travels from the Tri-State Tollway south to Mile Marker 202 | 10 | | near Pontiac as the "Barack Obama Presidential Expressway"; and | 11 | | be it further | 12 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 13 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 14 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 15 | | giving notice of the name "Barack Obama Presidential | 16 | | Expressway"; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to President Obama and the Secretary of the | 19 | | Department of Transportation.
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