Bill Text: IL HR0419 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Honors the memory and legacy of United States Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Resolution Adopted [HR0419 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0419-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, On September 7, 1969, United States Senator | ||||||
| 3 | Everett McKinley Dirksen died of complications
from lung | ||||||
| 4 | cancer; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Senator Dirksen served the citizens of Illinois as | ||||||
| 6 | a United States Senator from 1951 to 1969 and as
a United | ||||||
| 7 | States Representative from 1933 to 1949; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, In 1950, Senator Dirksen was elected for the first | ||||||
| 9 | time to the United States Senate, defeating the sitting
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| 10 | Majority Leader Scott Lucas of Havana; and
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| 11 | WHEREAS, Senator Dirksen rose through the ranks of | ||||||
| 12 | leadership, eventually serving as U.S. Senate Minority
Leader | ||||||
| 13 | from 1959 until his death ten years later; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Senator Dirksen played key roles in passing the | ||||||
| 15 | Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the Voting Rights Act of 1965,
and the | ||||||
| 16 | Open Housing Act of 1968, while never leading more than 36 | ||||||
| 17 | Republicans in the Democrat-controlled
U.S. Senate; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a crowning | ||||||
| 19 | achievement during which Senator Dirksen
helped deliver 27 | ||||||
| 20 | Republican votes to end a four-month filibuster, thereby | ||||||
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| 1 | allowing
the passage of this landmark legislation; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The legacy and leadership of Senator Dirksen | ||||||
| 3 | continues to live on through The Dirksen
Congressional Center | ||||||
| 4 | in his beloved hometown of Pekin; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Following Senator Dirksen's death, he lay in state | ||||||
| 6 | in the U.S. Capitol rotunda; he was returned to Pekin to be
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| 7 | buried at Glendale Memorial Gardens; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, September 7, 2019 will be the 50th anniversary of | ||||||
| 9 | the death of Senator Dirksen; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 12 | we honor the memory and lasting legacy of one of our
State's | ||||||
| 13 | favorite sons, United States Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen, | ||||||
| 14 | upon the 50th anniversary of his death; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Senator Dirksen and to
The Dirksen | ||||||
| 17 | Congressional Center as a symbol of our respect and esteem.
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