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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The Honorable Lee A. Daniels was elected to serve
3sixteen terms, from January 1975 until January 2007, in the
4Illinois General Assembly as the State Representative of DuPage
5County; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Honorable Lee A. Daniels was elected by his
7peers and colleagues in January 1983, to lead the House
8Republican caucus in the Illinois House of Representatives,
9thus making him the House Republican Leader; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Lee A. Daniels led his fellow Republicans for 20
11years, from 1983 until 2003, which was a period in which both
12DuPage County and the entire State of Illinois experienced
13tremendous challenges but also great prosperity; and
 
14    WHEREAS, As the leader of the Republicans in the Illinois
15House of Representatives, Lee A. Daniels was a part of a long
16line of Illinois political leaders dating back to Abraham
17Lincoln, which occupied the same position on behalf of the Whig
18Party in 1838 and 1839; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Lee A. Daniels was honored in January 1995 when
20his colleagues elected him to the position of Speaker of the
21Illinois House of Representatives for the 89th General

 

 

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1Assembly; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The 89th General Assembly leadership of Lee A.
3Daniels as Speaker of the House was marked with path-breaking
4achievements in Illinois history, including the reorganization
5of the Chicago Public Schools, passage of a charter school law,
6the reorganization of the systems of Illinois higher education,
7the extension of property tax cap opportunities to cover all
8102 Illinois counties, expansion of the system of registration
9for sex offenders, public assistance reform, and a statewide
10program of help for persons with developmental disabilities
11that has received nationwide honor and recognition; and
 
12    WHEREAS, In recognition of his leadership as Speaker of the
13House, the Illinois State Capitol will from now on contain a
14permanent portrait memorial of the Honorable Lee A. Daniels, so
15that the people of Illinois can recognize and remember his life
16and public service; therefore, be it
 
17    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
18NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
19we congratulate the Honorable Lee A. Daniels upon the occasion
20of the unveiling of his official portrait; and be it further
 
21    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
22presented to the Honorable Lee A. Daniels as a permanent

 

 

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1reminder of this ceremony.