IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 870 

Expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and families who 

participated in the Taxpayer March on Washington on September 12, 2009. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 26, 2009 

Mr. PRICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. PENCE, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. AKIN, 

Mr. AUSTRIA, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTLETT, Mr. BARTON of Texas, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, Mr. 

BONNER, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BROWN of 

South Carolina, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. BURTON of 

Indiana, Mr. CANTOR, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. CARTER, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. 

CHAFFETZ, Mr. COFFMAN of Colorado, Mr. COLE, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. 

DAVIS of Kentucky, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. FORBES, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, 

Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. GRAVES, 

Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HARPER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HERGER, Mr. 

HOEKSTRA, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. ISSA, Ms. JENKINS, Mr. SAM JOHNSON

of Texas, Mr. JONES, Mr. JORDAN of Ohio, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. 

KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, 

Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 

MCKEON, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. MORAN of Kansas, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. OLSON, Mr. PAULSEN, Mr. 

PITTS, Mr. POSEY, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. RYAN of 

Wisconsin, Mrs. SCHMIDT, Mr. SHIMKUS, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. 

SOUDER, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SULLIVAN, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WESTMORELAND, and Mr. WILSON of South Carolina) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Expressing gratitude and appreciation to the individuals and 

families who participated in the Taxpayer March on 

Washington on September 12, 2009. 


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Whereas, on September 12, 2009, hundreds of thousands of 

American patriots, who refuse to sit idly by as the Federal Government advances skyrocketing deficits, taxpayer-funded bailouts, pork-barrel projects, burdensome 

taxes, unaccountable policy czars, command-and-control 

energy policy, and a government takeover of health care, 

came to Washington, DC, to show their disapproval; 

Whereas individuals also wanted to convey their displeasure 

with the future tax increases that will be required to pay 

for deficit-financed spending; 

Whereas these individuals understand that the fundamental 

American principles of limited government and personal 

liberty are under direct assault; 

Whereas this dedicated group of freedom-loving Americans 

believe in open, accountable, responsible, constitutionally 

based government; 

Whereas hundreds of buses, multiple caravans of cars from 

across the country, and many individually chartered 

flights, as well as thousands of lone-traveling cars and 

trucks, brought these patriots to Washington, DC, solely 

for this event; 

Whereas these individuals endured considerable personal expense to get to the march, including transportation and 

lodging expenses, as well as lost wages in many instances; 

Whereas estimates of the number of people who peacefully 

marched from Freedom Plaza to the West Front of the 

U.S. Capitol on September 12, 2009, range as high as 

1,700,000 marchers; 

Whereas all 50 States were represented in the march; 

Whereas this event is considered to be the largest ever gathering of fiscal conservatives in Washington, DC; 


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Whereas special accolades are due to the grassroots citizens 

organizations across the country who helped individuals 

exercise their constitutionally protected First Amendment 

rights in the Nation’s capital; and 

Whereas when the current trends of government expansion 

and freedom retrenchment are reversed, it will be due in 

large part to the efforts of the hundreds of thousands 

who marched on Washington, DC, on September 12, 

2009: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives ex2 presses its gratitude and appreciation to the hundreds of 

3 thousands of people who marched on Washington, DC, on 

4 September 12, 2009, to show their love of liberty and their 

5 grievance with recent government actions. 

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