<p> 1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 120th Session, 2013-2014 3 4 H. 3497 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Mitchell, Anderson, Clyburn, Alexander, R.L. Brown, CobbHunter, Dillard, Gilliard, 10 Govan, Hart, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Jefferson, King, Mack, McEachern, M.S. McLeod, Neal, Parks, 11 RobinsonSimpson, Rutherford, Sabb, Sellers, Weeks, Whipper and Williams 12 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1091dg13.docx 13 14 Introduced in the House on February 6, 2013 15 Adopted by the House on February 6, 2013 16 17 Summary: President Barack Obama 18 19 20 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 21 22 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 23 2/6/2013 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 3497) 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 2/6/2013 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO CONGRATULATE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON 12 HIS REELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED 13 STATES OF AMERICA. 14 15 Whereas, sworn in on January 20, 2009, after his first election in 16 2008, Barack Obama, fortyfourth President of the United States, 17 was reelected to serve a second term during America’s fiftyseventh 18 quadrennial presidential election on November 6, 2012; and 19 20 Whereas, the 2012 election marked the first time since Franklin D. 21 Roosevelt’s reelections in 1940 and 1944 that a Democratic 22 presidential candidate won an absolute majority of the popular 23 vote in two consecutive elections; and 24 25 Whereas, among his many achievements, several stand as 26 benchmarks of Barack Obama’s administration, such as the Patient 27 Protection and Affordable Care Act, American Recovery and 28 Reinvestment Act, DoddFrank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 29 Protection Act, the end of the war in Iraq, and the drawdown of the 30 war in Afghanistan; and 31 32 Whereas, Barack Obama finds strength for the accomplishment of 33 his duties in the strong support of his family, First Lady Michelle 34 Obama and his delightful daughters, Malia and Sasha; and 35 36 Whereas, the members of the South Carolina House of 37 Representatives wish to tender to President Obama their best 38 wishes for a successful second term, as well as their sincere 39 prayers that he would be blessed with much wisdom in charting 40 the course of this great country in the days ahead. Now, therefore, 41 42 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:</p><p>[3497] 2 1 2 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 3 by this resolution, congratulate President Barack Obama on his 4 reelection to the Presidency of the United States of America. 5 6 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be provided to 7 President Barack Obama. 8 XX 9</p><p>[3497] 3</p>