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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 961
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas pays tribute |
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to the life of the Honorable Juanita Millender-McDonald, a |
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distinguished United States congresswoman from California, who |
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died April 21, 2007, at the age of 68; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Juanita Millender-McDonald was |
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a trailblazer and a leader in election reform; a seven-term |
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congresswoman, she represented a heavily Democratic southern |
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California district that includes Compton, Long Beach, and parts |
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of Los Angeles; and |
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WHEREAS, She had recently become the first black woman to |
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chair the Committee on House Administration, which oversees |
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operations of the House of Representatives and federal election |
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procedures; and |
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WHEREAS, Juanita Millender-McDonald, a native of |
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Birmingham, Alabama, lived in Carson, California; she was |
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elected to the Carson city council in 1990 after working as a |
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volunteer for the gubernatorial campaign of former Los Angeles |
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Mayor Tom Bradley and other local races; she went on to serve in |
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the California State Assembly; and |
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WHEREAS, She won a special election for a United States |
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House seat in 1996 and won a full term in November, 1996; she |
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continued to serve since then, winning reelection easily; and |
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WHEREAS, Representative Millender-McDonald was an |
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advocate for full participation by all Americans in the success |
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and prosperity of this country; she was a highly esteemed public |
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servant, and she will be greatly missed; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, |
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80th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the |
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bereaved family of Juanita Millender-McDonald: her husband, |
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James McDonald, Jr., and her five children; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the |
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Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Juanita Millender-McDonald. |
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Ellis |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 3, 2007, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |