[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[House]
[Page 19890]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




       MARKING 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF FOUNDING OF REPUBLICAN PARTY

  (Mr. COX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. COX. Mr. Speaker, this year is the 150th anniversary of the 
founding of the Republican Party. Over a century and a half, from the 
abolition of slavery, to the enactment of women's suffrage, to the 
liberation of millions of people in the Soviet Union, Afghanistan and 
Iraq, the Republican Party has been the most effective political 
organization in the history of the world in advancing the cause of 
freedom.
  So that all of us can learn more about the achievements of this 
fundamentally American institution in its 105th anniversary year, the 
Republican Policy Committee has produced this 2005 Republican Freedom 
Calendar, each day recording a milestone Republican achievement in 
advancing the civil rights of every American.
  This past Sunday, 144 years ago, Republicans honored suffragist 
leaders Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony for their work in 
electing Republican candidates. Over Democratic opposition, Republicans 
in Congress enacted the women's suffrage amendment to the Constitution, 
giving women the right to vote. And even before voting for women was 
legalized, Susan B. Anthony cast a ballot, and when she was arrested 
for voting illegally, she bragged to the press, ``I voted the 
Republican ticket straight.''
  Mr. Speaker, the 2005 Republican Freedom Calendar is available on the 
Internet at policy.house.gov.

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