[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[S. Res. 571 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]







110th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 571

     Recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th 
  President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and 
                         civil rights enforcer.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 20, 2008

 Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. McConnell, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. 
 Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Allard, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Bayh, 
Mr. Bennett, Mr. Biden, Mr. Bingaman, Mr. Bond, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown, 
   Mr. Brownback, Mr. Bunning, Mr. Burr, Mr. Byrd, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Coburn, 
  Mr. Cochran, Mr. Coleman, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Corker, Mr. 
 Craig, Mr. Crapo, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dodd, Mrs. Dole, Mr. Domenici, Mr. 
Dorgan, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Feingold, Mrs. Feinstein, 
Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hagel, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Hatch, 
  Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. 
Kerry, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, 
   Mr. Leahy, Mr. Levin, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Lincoln, Mr. Lugar, Mr. 
 Martinez, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, 
   Mr. Obama, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
Salazar, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shelby, Mr. Smith, 
  Ms. Snowe, Mr. Specter, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Stevens, Mr. Sununu, Mr. 
Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Voinovich, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. 
    Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following 
             resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
     Recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th 
  President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and 
                         civil rights enforcer.

Whereas August 27, 2008, marks the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was born in Stonewall, Texas, to Samuel Ealy Johnson, 
        Jr., a Texas representative, and Rebekah Baines, on August 27, 1908;
Whereas upon graduation, Lyndon B. Johnson enrolled in Southwest Texas State 
        Teachers' College, where he vigorously participated in debate, campus 
        politics, and edited the school newspaper;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson had several teaching positions throughout Texas, 
        including at the Welhausen School in La Salle County, at Pearsall High 
        School, and as a public speaking teacher at Sam Houston High School in 
        Houston;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson went to work as a congressional assistant at the age 
        of 23;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson served the 10th Congressional District in the Texas 
        House of Representatives from April 10, 1937, to January 3, 1949;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson became a commissioned officer in the Navy Reserve in 
        December 1941;
Whereas, during World War II, Lyndon B. Johnson was recommended by 
        Undersecretary of the Navy James Forrestal to President Franklin D. 
        Roosevelt, who assigned Johnson to a 3-man survey team in the southwest 
        Pacific;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was conferred the Silver Star, which is the military's 
        3rd highest medal, by General Douglas MacArthur;
Whereas, in 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected to the Senate at the age of 41;
Whereas, in 1951, Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Senate minority leader at the 
        age of 44, and elected Senate majority leader at the age of 46, the 
        youngest in United States history;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was elected Vice President at the age of 52, becoming 
        president of the Senate;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson's congressional career and his leadership spanned the 
        stock market crash, the Great Depression, World War II, the nuclear age, 
        the Cold War, the space age, and the civil rights movement, some of the 
        most turbulent years in American history;
Whereas Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was appointed as head of the 
        President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunities, through which 
        he worked with African-Americans and other minorities;
Whereas an hour and 38 minutes after the assassination of President Kennedy, 
        Lyndon B. Johnson was sworn in as President aboard Air Force One;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a bold leader and an idealist, who had the energy, 
        determination, and leadership to turn those dreams into reality;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was a ``can-do'' President because no matter how 
        difficult and daunting the task at hand, he never rested until it was 
        completed;
Whereas, in 1964, at the request of the Johnson Administration, Congress passed 
        the landmark Civil Rights Act of 1964, which banned de jure segregation 
        in the Nation's schools and public places;
Whereas Congress passed by request of the Johnson Administration the Voting 
        Rights Act of 1965, which outlawed obstructive provisions that were 
        determined to be impractical and potentially biased against prospective 
        voters;
Whereas, in January of 1965, the Johnson Administration introduced by request 
        the legislation that encompassed the Great Society programs;
Whereas, in 1967, President Johnson nominated Thurgood Marshall as the 1st 
        African-American to serve on the Supreme Court;
Whereas, during President Johnson's time in office, the National Aeronautics and 
        Space Administration made spectacular steps forward in space exploration 
        when 3 astronauts successfully orbited the moon in December 1968;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson died at 4:33 p.m. on January 22, 1973, at his ranch in 
        Johnson City, Texas, at the age of 64;
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of 
        Freedom in 1980; and
Whereas Lyndon B. Johnson is honored, venerated, and revered for his drive to 
        establish equality for all Americans, illustrated in the momentous 
        legislation passed during his Administration: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) honors Lyndon B. Johnson for his fortitude in bringing 
        about the passage of the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 
        Voting Rights Act of 1965;
            (2) extols the contributions of Lyndon B. Johnson to the 
        United States;
            (3) commends Lyndon B. Johnson for establishing the 
        Medicare Act of 1965 that has helped millions of Americans; and
            (4) recognizes the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 
        the 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, 
        educator, and civil rights enforcer.
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