Bill Text: IL HR0132 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Lee Daniels upon the occasion of the unveiling of his official portrait.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0132 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HR0132-Introduced.html
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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 | ||||||
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| 1 | reminder of this ceremony.
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