Senate Resolution 8 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2                       BY  ANGELO
  1  3 A Resolution to recognize February 6, 2007, as
  1  4    Ronald Reagan Day.
  1  5    WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of
  1  6 humble background, worked throughout his life serving
  1  7 freedom and advancing the public good, having been
  1  8 employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate
  1  9 spokesman, Governor of California, and President of
  1 10 the United States; and
  1 11    WHEREAS, in the 1930s, Ronald Reagan began his
  1 12 professional life as a sports broadcaster in
  1 13 Davenport, Iowa, and later at Des Moines station WHO,
  1 14 where he provided "play=by=play" commentary for
  1 15 Chicago Cubs baseball games; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and
  1 17 distinction for two terms as the 40th President of the
  1 18 United States, winning his second term by earning the
  1 19 confidence of three=fifths of the electorate and
  1 20 carrying 49 of the 50 states in the general election
  1 21 == a record unsurpassed in the history of American
  1 22 presidential elections; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, in 1981, when Ronald Reagan was
  1 24 inaugurated President, he inherited a disillusioned
  1 25 nation shackled by rampant inflation and high
  1 26 unemployment; and
  1 27    WHEREAS, during Mr. Reagan's presidency he worked
  1 28 in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of
  1 29 restoring accountability and common sense to
  1 30 government which led to an unprecedented economic
  2  1 expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans;
  2  2 and
  2  3    WHEREAS, Mr. Reagan's commitment to an active
  2  4 social policy agenda for the nation's children helped
  2  5 lower crime and drug use; and
  2  6    WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to the armed
  2  7 forces contributed to the restoration of pride in
  2  8 America, her values and those cherished by the free
  2  9 world, and prepared America's Armed Forces to win the
  2 10 Gulf War; and
  2 11    WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace
  2 12 through strength" led to the end of the Cold War and
  2 13 the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing
  2 14 basic human rights for millions of people; and
  2 15    WHEREAS, February 6, 2007, was the 96th anniversary
  2 16 of Ronald Reagan's birth, and the third since his
  2 17 death; NOW THEREFORE,
  2 18    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  2 19 recognizes and observes the anniversary of President
  2 20 Reagan's birth and urges all Iowans to take cognizance
  2 21 of the anniversary and to participate fittingly in its
  2 22 observance.
  2 23 LSB 2124SS 82
  2 24 jr:nh/cf/24