[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 28 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Senate]
[Page S978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




SENATE RESOLUTION 78--RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF JAMES ALBERTUS McCLURE, 
          FORMER UNITED STATES SENATOR FOR THE STATE OF IDAHO

  Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. Risch, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Alexander, Ms. 
Ayotte, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Begich, Mr. Bennet, Mr. Bingaman, 
Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Brown of 
Massachusetts, Mr. Brown of Ohio, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, 
Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. 
Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. Conrad, Mr. Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, 
Mr. DeMint, Mr. Durbin, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. 
Harkin, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Hoeven, Mrs. Hutchison, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Inouye, 
Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. Johnson of 
South Dakota, Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Kohl, Mr. Kyl, 
Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Leahy, Mr. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Manchin, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. 
McConnell, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson of Nebraska, Mr. Nelson of Florida, 
Mr. Paul, Mr. Portman, Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed of Rhode Island, Mr. Reid of 
Nevada, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sanders, Mr. 
Schumer, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Shelby, Ms. Snowe, Ms. 
Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall of Colorado, Mr. 
Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Mr. Webb, Mr. Whitehouse, 
Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) submitted the following resolution; which 
was considered and agreed to:

                               S. Res. 78

       Whereas James A. McClure served in the United States Navy 
     during World War II;
       Whereas James A. McClure served the state of Idaho as a 
     prosecuting attorney, a city attorney, a member of the Idaho 
     state Senate, and as a member of the United States House of 
     Representatives;
       Whereas James A. McClure served the people of Idaho with 
     distinction for 18 years in the United States Senate;
       Whereas James A. McClure served the Senate as Chairman of 
     the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the Ninety-
     seventh through Ninety-ninth Congresses and Chairman of the 
     Senate Republican Conference in the Ninety-seventh and 
     Ninety-eighth Congresses;
       Whereas James A. McClure served his caucus as a founding 
     member and Chairman of the Senate Steering Committee in the 
     Ninety-fourth through Ninety-sixth and Ninety-ninth through 
     One Hundredth Congresses; Now therefore be it
       Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow 
     and deep regret the announcement of the death of the 
     Honorable James Albertus McClure, former member of the United 
     States Senate.
       Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate communicate 
     these resolutions to the House of Representatives and 
     transmit an enrolled copy thereof to the family of the 
     deceased.
       Resolved, That when the Senate adjourns today, it stand 
     adjourned as a further mark of respect to the memory of the 
     Honorable James Albertus McClure.

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