[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 55 (Monday, April 19, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S2428]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 58--RECOGNIZING DORIS ``GRANNY D'' 
  HADDOCK, WHO INSPIRED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGH REMARKABLE ACTS OF 
 POLITICAL ACTIVISM, AND EXTENDING THE CONDOLENCES OF CONGRESS ON THE 
                  DEATH OF DORIS ``GRANNY D'' HADDOCK

  Mrs. SHAHEEN (for herself, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Feingold) submitted 
the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on the Judiciary:

                            S. Con. Res. 58

       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock was born on January 24, 
     1910, in Laconia, New Hampshire;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock passed away on March 9, 
     2010, in Dublin, New Hampshire at the age of 100;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock strongly advocated for 
     campaign finance reform;
       Whereas, at the age of 90, Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock 
     walked approximately 3,200 miles across the United States as 
     a show of support for campaign finance reform;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock began the walk for 
     campaign finance reform in the State of California on January 
     1, 1999, and ended the walk in Washington, District of 
     Columbia, on February 9, 2000;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock walked 10 miles a day 
     throughout the walk for campaign finance reform;
       Whereas more than 2,000 supporters from a wide variety of 
     reform groups met Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock at the end of 
     the walk in Washington, District of Columbia;
       Whereas several dozen members of Congress joined Doris 
     ``Granny D'' Haddock for the final miles of the walk for 
     campaign finance reform;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock went through 4 pairs of 
     sneakers on the walk across the United States;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock and the walk for 
     campaign finance reform was the subject of a documentary 
     entitled ``Run Granny Run'';
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock wrote an autobiography 
     entitled ``Granny D: You're Never Too Old to Raise a Little 
     Hell'';
       Whereas the Senate recognized the efforts of Doris ``Granny 
     D'' Haddock at the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform 
     Act of 2002;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock was a strong political 
     activist throughout her adult life;
       Whereas in 2004, at the age of 94, Doris ``Granny D'' 
     Haddock ran for the office of Senator of the United States;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock was married to James 
     Haddock for 62 years;
       Whereas, in the 1960s, Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock and James 
     Haddock successfully fought to stop the use of hydrogen bombs 
     to build a port near an Eskimo village in the State of 
     Alaska;
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock worked for the Bee Bee 
     Shoe Company in Manchester, New Hampshire for 22 years; and
       Whereas Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock had 2 children, 8 
     grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That Congress--
       (1) recognizes Doris ``Granny D'' Haddock, who inspired 
     millions of people through remarkable acts of political 
     activism; and
       (2) extends the condolences of Congress to the Haddock 
     family.

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