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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The attack on America of September 11, 2001, was
3 a shock to the State of Illinois and the nation; and
4 WHEREAS, There is an ongoing military and
5 multidimensional response to terrorism that we strongly
6 support; and
7 WHEREAS, The United States faces the potential of a
8 serious recession, having already lost 25,000 manufacturing
9 jobs in Illinois since the beginning of the year, and the
10 attack on America may cause the loss of tens of thousands
11 more, particularly in the airline, hotel and tourism
12 industries; and
13 WHEREAS, The Congress of the United States has already
14 taken critical action to support affected industries and is
15 proposing additional aid to business; and
16 WHEREAS, The Congress is considering an economic stimulus
17 package; and
18 WHEREAS, The core goal of an economic stimulus package is
19 the stabilization of communities; and
20 WHEREAS, Supporting business to stabilize employment must
21 be a critical part of any economic stimulus package to be
22 adopted by the Congress; and
23 WHEREAS, Supporting workers must be included as part of
24 any economic stimulus package to stabilize the economy; and
25 WHEREAS, Supporting state and local governments to avoid
26 or lessen state or local tax revenues is a critical part of
27 any economic stimulus package; and
28 WHEREAS, The economic stimulus package should include the
29 following provisions: extending federally funded unemployment
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1 compensation, where needed, by 26 weeks; aiding workers by
2 improving health care access by at least paying 75% of the
3 COBRA health care costs and other health care assistance;
4 aiding workers by fully funding targeted training and worker
5 reemployment programs and taking such other actions to save
6 personal homes and stabilize credit transactions; and
7 WHEREAS, If the Congress does not address the critical
8 areas of economic stimulus, business workers and state and
9 local government, these costs will have to be borne by state
10 and local governments, workers and business; and
11 WHEREAS, The economic stimulus package adopted by the
12 Congress on October 24, 2001, fails to adequately address the
13 needs of workers in state and local government; therefore, be
14 it
15 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 we urge the Congress of the United States to address each of
18 the three critical areas that will create economic stability
19 and allow full growth; and be it further
20 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives ask the
21 Congress to help workers by considering the following
22 provisions: extending federally funded unemployment
23 compensation, where needed, by 26 weeks; aiding workers by
24 improving health care access by at least paying 75% of the
25 COBRA health care costs and other health care assistance;
26 aiding workers by fully funding targeted training and worker
27 reemployment programs and taking such other actions to save
28 personal homes and stabilize credit transactions; and be it
29 further
30 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives respectfully
31 request that the Congress provide aid to affected states to
32 offset revenue deficits; and be it further
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1 RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be delivered to
2 the President of the United States, to the presiding officers
3 of each house of Congress and to each member of the Illinois
4 congressional delegation.