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[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 539 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 539

   Relative to the death of James M. Jeffords, former United States 
                   Senator for the State of Vermont.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 2014

   Mr. Leahy (for himself, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. 
   Alexander, Ms. Ayotte, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
Bennet, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Booker, Mr. Boozman, Mrs. Boxer, 
 Mr. Brown, Mr. Burr, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Carper, Mr. Casey, 
  Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coats, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Cochran, Ms. Collins, Mr. 
 Coons, Mr. Corker, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. Fischer, Mr. Flake, Mr. Franken, 
Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Graham, Mr. Grassley, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Harkin, Mr. 
Hatch, Mr. Heinrich, Ms. Heitkamp, Mr. Heller, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Hoeven, 
  Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Johanns, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. 
Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Kaine, Mr. King, Mr. Kirk, Ms. Klobuchar, 
Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lee, Mr. Levin, Mr. Manchin, Mr. Markey, Mr. McCain, 
Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Merkley, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Moran, Ms. 
Murkowski, Mr. Murphy, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Nelson, Mr. Paul, Mr. Portman, 
   Mr. Pryor, Mr. Reed, Mr. Risch, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
Rubio, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Scott, Mr. Sessions, Mrs. Shaheen, 
Mr. Shelby, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Udall 
   of Colorado, Mr. Udall of New Mexico, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Walsh, Mr. 
    Warner, Ms. Warren, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Wyden) 
 submitted the following resolution; which was considered and agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION

 
   Relative to the death of James M. Jeffords, former United States 
                   Senator for the State of Vermont.

Whereas James M. Jeffords was born in the state of Vermont, and graduated Yale 
        University and Harvard Law School;
Whereas James M. Jeffords served in the United States Navy from 1956 to 1959 and 
        later in the Naval Reserve, retiring as captain;
Whereas James M. Jeffords began his service to his beloved state of Vermont by 
        serving in the Vermont Senate from 1967 to 1968 and as Vermont Attorney 
        General from 1969 to 1973;
Whereas James M. Jeffords was first elected to the United States House of 
        Representatives in 1974 and served seven terms as Representative from 
        the State of Vermont;
Whereas in 1988, James M. Jeffords was first elected to the United States Senate 
        and faithfully served the people of the State of Vermont for three terms 
        as a Senator;
Whereas James M. Jeffords held a lifetime voting percentage of 96.2, casting 
        over 5,800 votes over 18 years;
Whereas James M. Jeffords served as the Chairman of the Committee on Labor and 
        Human Resources, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
        Pensions, and the Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 M. 
Jeffords, 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 M. 
Jeffords.
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