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House Concurrent Resolution 13

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  1  1           HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2      BY  MARTIN, HARPER, DODERER, JOCHUM, METCALF,
  1  3     GRUNDBERG, NELSON of Marshall, JACOBS, MASCHER,
  1  4    THOMSON, MERTZ, BOGGESS, NELSON of Pottawattamie,
  1  5  HAMMITT, GREINER, GARMAN, BURNETT, BERNAU, SIEGRIST,
  1  6  WITT, HANSON, BRANSTAD, CORMACK, LAMBERTI, CORNELIUS,
  1  7   TEIG, ARNOLD, HUSEMAN, VANDE HOEF, DINKLA, LARSON,
  1  8 SUKUP, VAN FOSSEN, CORBETT, WEIDMAN, DISNEY, BLODGETT,
  1  9   BRUNKHORST, BODDICKER, HOUSER, GRIES, WELTER, MAIN,
  1 10   NUTT, KLEMME, SALTON, HEATON, GREIG, SCHULTE, COON,
  1 11    DRAKE, MEYER, RENKEN, KREMER, VEENSTRA, HARRISON,
  1 12                      and HALVORSON
  1 13 A Concurrent Resolution recognizing the seventy-fifth
  1 14    anniversary of the founding of the League of Women
  1 15    Voters of Iowa.
  1 16    WHEREAS, Iowan Carrie Chapman Catt founded the
  1 17 League of Women Voters on February 14, 1920, to help
  1 18 20 million newly enfranchised women carry out their
  1 19 long due voting responsibilities, and the organization
  1 20 has for 75 years worked to be a voice for citizens and
  1 21 a force for change; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters has provided
  1 23 nonpartisan information on candidates and issues for
  1 24 elections, encouraged voter registration and informed
  1 25 voting, helped generations of voters understand the
  1 26 structure and function of government, provided
  1 27 balanced information on public policy issues to the
  1 28 citizens, and worked to achieve government policies
  1 29 that promote the public interest; and
  1 30    WHEREAS, the vigorous history of the League of
  2  1 Women Voters of Iowa includes successfully causing the
  2  2 removal of the word "male" from the Iowa Constitution
  2  3 as a qualification for candidacy to the Iowa
  2  4 Legislature in 1925; working for passage of the Iowa
  2  5 legislation on aid to dependent children in 1943;
  2  6 assisting in the establishment of the Iowa Legislative
  2  7 Council, the Legislative Service Bureau, the Ethics
  2  8 and Campaign Disclosure Board, and the legislative
  2  9 Public Information Office, which is now known as the
  2 10 Legislative Information Office; assisting in achieving
  2 11 home rule for Iowa's cities and counties; assisting in
  2 12 the establishment of the area education agencies; and
  2 13 engendering the passage of many other landmark pieces
  2 14 of legislation; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, the League of Women Voters of Iowa, which
  2 16 was officially organized in October 1919, remains a
  2 17 unique political, educational, multi-issue, activist,
  2 18 grassroots citizen action organization; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 19    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
  2 20 SENATE CONCURRING, That the Iowa General Assembly
  2 21 recognize and commend the League of Women Voters of
  2 22 Iowa for its many accomplishments and years of service
  2 23 to the citizens of Iowa, commemorate its seventy-fifth
  2 24 anniversary, and offer best wishes for continued
  2 25 growth and success in the future.
  2 26    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this
  2 27 Resolution be forwarded to Abigail P. Swanson,
  2 28 President of the League of Women Voters of Iowa.  
  2 29 LSB 1628HH 76
  2 30 kh/jw/5
     

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