Full Text of SR0936 94th General Assembly
SR0936 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Steve Rauschenberger was first elected to the | 3 |
| State Senate in 1992 as part of the famed "Fab Five"; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He is the Republican Spokesman for the Senate | 5 |
| Appropriations III Committee, and is also a member of the | 6 |
| Senate Appropriations I Committee, the Senate Appropriations | 7 |
| II Committee, the Senate Housing and Community Affairs | 8 |
| Committee, and the Senate Environment and Energy Committee; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, As chairman of the Senate Appropriations | 10 |
| Committee for eight years, Senator Rauschenberger negotiated | 11 |
| multi-billion dollar State budgets, which provided millions of | 12 |
| dollars for schools, vital State programs, senior citizen | 13 |
| services, and local road and infrastructure improvements | 14 |
| without a tax increase; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, He is an advocate for State taxpayers, supporting | 16 |
| statewide tax caps and increasing the income tax exemption; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, He has been a leader in developing electric and | 18 |
| telecommunications deregulation law and Medicaid policy; and | 19 |
| WHEREAS, He was the Senate negotiator of KidCare, the State | 20 |
| health insurance program for children in low-income and working | 21 |
| families; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, He was selected as an Assistant Senate Republican | 23 |
| Leader in 2003; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, He served as President and Executive Board member | 25 |
| for the National Conference of State Legislators and helped | 26 |
| steer policy as a co-chairman of their Task Force on State and | 27 |
| Local Taxation of Telecommunications and Electronic Commerce; | 28 |
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| WHEREAS, Steve has served as Township Committeeman for | 2 |
| Hanover Township in Cook County; he is also a former Senior | 3 |
| Warden of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and has been | 4 |
| active with Explorer Post 5 of the Boy Scouts of America; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Steve has been honored more than 60 times for his | 6 |
| legislative work by groups as varied as the Easter Seals, | 7 |
| Illinois Fire Fighters, various Chambers of Commerce, human | 8 |
| service groups, and educators; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, He was a National Merit Semi-Finalist; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from the College of William and Mary | 11 |
| with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, He is a native of Elgin, where he lives with his | 13 |
| wife, Betty, and raised their two sons; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, He has hosted the annual Senate staff appreciation | 15 |
| party at his Springfield residence for many years (with varied | 16 |
| results); and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, His zeal and adventurous spirit led him to | 18 |
| numerous places around the world and the pursuit of higher | 19 |
| office on several occasions; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, His throwback nature shined through in his mild | 21 |
| Statehouse smoking habit; and | 22 |
| WHEREAS, His love for junk food created a stack of M & M's | 23 |
| and Laffy Taffy to rival only the State's budget bills and also | 24 |
| led to Steve's mid-life jogging and biking habit; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Steve can happily leave the Senate knowing his | 26 |
| beloved Chicago White Sox were crowned the World Champions of |
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| Professional Baseball in 2005; therefore, be it | 2 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Senator | 4 |
| Steve Rauschenberger as he leaves the Illinois Senate after 13 | 5 |
| years of dedicated service, and we wish him well in all his | 6 |
| future endeavors; and be it further | 7 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to Senator Rauschenberger with our thanks for a job | 9 |
| well done.
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