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 1                       SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of  humble
 3    background,  worked  throughout  his life serving freedom and
 4    advancing  the  public  good,  having  been  employed  as  an
 5    entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman,  Governor  of
 6    California, and President of the United States; and

 7        WHEREAS,  Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction
 8    for two terms as the 40th President of the United  States  of
 9    America,  the  second  of  which  he earned the confidence of
10    three-fifths of the electorate and was victorious  in  49  of
11    the  50  states in the general election, a record unsurpassed
12    in the history of American presidential elections; and

13        WHEREAS, During Mr. Reagan's presidency he  worked  in  a
14    bipartisan  manner  to  enact  his  bold  agenda of restoring
15    accountability and common sense to government which led to an
16    unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions
17    of Americans; and

18        WHEREAS,  President  Reagan's  commitment  to  our  armed
19    forces contributed to the restoration of  pride  in  America,
20    her  values  and  those  cherished  by  the  free  world, and
21    prepared America's Armed Forces to win the Gulf War; and

22        WHEREAS, President  Reagan's  vision  of  "peace  through
23    strength"  led  to  the  end of the Cold War and the ultimate
24    demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic  human  rights
25    for millions of people; and

26        WHEREAS,  On  February  6,  2003, Ronald Reagan will have
27    reached the age of ninety-two years; therefore, be it

28        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
29    ASSEMBLY   OF   THE   STATE   OF   ILLINOIS,   THE  HOUSE  OF
30    REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that we recognize February
31    6, 2003 and subsequent  yearly  anniversaries  thereafter  as
 
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 1    "Ronald Reagan Day"; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 3    presented to President Ronald Reagan with our best wishes.