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[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 378 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 378

 Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher 
          as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2009

 Mr. Poe of Texas (for himself, Mr. McCotter, Mr. Payne, Mr. Mack, Mr. 
  Inglis, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Burton of 
 Indiana, Mr. McCaul, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Gallegly, 
 Mr. Schock, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Wolf, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. Olson, Mr. Flake, 
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Royce, Mr. Lamborn, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, 
   Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mrs. Miller of Michigan, and Mr. Calvert) 
submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 
                           on Foreign Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION

 
 Recognizing the 30th anniversary of the election of Margaret Thatcher 
          as the first female Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Whereas May 4, 2009, marks the 30th anniversary of the first woman sworn in as 
        the Prime Minister of Great Britain, Margaret Hilda Thatcher;
Whereas Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990 
        and at the time of her resignation, was Britain's longest continuously 
        serving Prime Minster since 1827;
Whereas Prime Minister Thatcher was Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 
        to 1990 and the only woman to ever hold that post;
Whereas Margaret Thatcher is the only woman to have ever held the post of Prime 
        Minister of Great Britain;
Whereas Margaret Thatcher is the only British Prime Minister in the 20th century 
        to win three consecutive terms;
Whereas Margaret Thatcher gave birth to a new distinctive ideology known as 
        ``Thatcherism'' which emphasized individual responsibility in the 
        British Government's monetary and social policies;
Whereas Time Magazine named Margaret Thatcher one of the 20 most influential 
        leaders of the 20th century;
Whereas the strong, cooperative stances held by Prime Minister Thatcher, 
        President Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II are widely acknowledged 
        to have been key forces in the collapse of communism in the former 
        Soviet Union;
Whereas the special relationship between the United States and Great Britain was 
        greatly strengthened under the tenure of Prime Minister Thatcher;
Whereas, on January 19, 1976, Prime Minister Thatcher delivered a bold speech 
        against the communist regime of the Soviet Union, which prompted the 
        Soviet Union Army's newspaper, the Red Star, to coin her the ``Iron 
        Lady'';
Whereas in 1990, Margaret Thatcher was honored by Queen Elizabeth II with the 
        Order of Merit, one of the United Kingdom's highest distinctions; and
Whereas in 1992, the Queen of England bestowed a life peerage upon Margaret 
        Thatcher, conferring upon her the title of Baroness and providing a 
        lifetime seat in the House of Lords: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) acknowledges the 30th anniversary of the election of 
        Margaret Thatcher as the first female Prime Minister of Great 
        Britain;
            (2) pays tribute to the remarkable professional 
        achievements of Margaret Thatcher;
            (3) recognizes Prime Minister Thatcher's dedicated work in 
        promoting individual rights and free markets around the world; 
        and
            (4) appreciates the strong diplomatic relationship between 
        the United States and Great Britain fostered by Prime Minister 
        Thatcher.
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