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HR0128 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


  

 


 
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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, President Barack H. Obama served as the 44th
3President of the United States of America from January 20, 2009
4to January 20, 2017; and
 
5    WHEREAS, President Obama, the first African American
6elected to the American Presidency was born in Hawaii; he was
7the first President born out of the contiguous United States;
8and
 
9    WHEREAS, President Obama attended Occidental College in
10Los Angeles and graduated from Columbia College in New York in
111983; and
 
12    WHEREAS, President Obama worked as a community organizer on
13the South Side of Chicago from June of 1985 to May of 1988; he
14entered Harvard Law School in the fall of 1988, returning to
15Chicago during summers, where he worked as an associate at
16various law firms; he permanently returned to Chicago in 1991
17after earning his Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School; and
 
18    WHEREAS, President Obama taught constitutional law at the
19University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004; he also
20worked as a lawyer, specializing in civil rights litigation and
21neighborhood economic development; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to the Illinois State
2Senate in 1996, representing the Illinois 13th District; he was
3re-elected to the Illinois Senate in 1998 and 2002; and
 
4    WHEREAS, President Obama was elected to represent Illinois
5in the United States Senate in 2004 with over 70% of the vote;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, President Obama announced his candidacy for
8President of the United States of America in February of 2007
9from the steps of the Old State Capitol Building in
10Springfield, the site of President Abraham Lincoln's 1858
11"House Divided" speech; he was elected President in 2008 with
12just under 53% of the popular vote; he was re-elected in 2012;
13and
 
14    WHEREAS, As President of the United States of America,
15President Obama has been a progressive leader on numerous
16issues including, domestic policy, LGBTQ rights, women's
17rights, healthcare, economic policy, environmental policy,
18energy, gun control, internet policy, and foreign policy; and
 
19    WHEREAS, President Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace
20Prize for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen
21international diplomacy and cooperation between people; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, President Obama is an avid fan of the Chicago
2White Sox; in 2011, he hosted the Chicago Bears at the White
3House to celebrate their 1985 Super Bowl victory; he hosted the
4Chicago Cubs at the White House to celebrate their 2016 World
5Series Championship as one of his last official acts as
6President; and
 
7    WHEREAS, The Barack Obama Presidential Center will be
8hosted by the University of Chicago and will be located in
9Jackson Park on the South Side of Chicago; once completed it
10will become the 14th site in the National Archives and Records
11Administration presidential library system; therefore, be it
 
12    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
13HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
14declare August 4, 2017 and August 4, 2018 as "President Barack
15Obama Day" in honor of the 44th President of the United States
16of America and in recognition of his historic and
17transformative presidency; and be it further
 
18    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
19presented to President Obama as a symbol of our respect and
20esteem.