IV 
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. 
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. BUR-
TON 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 
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 res-
ignation, was Britain’s longest continuously serving 
Prime Minster since 1827; 
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Whereas Prime Minister Thatcher was Leader of the Con-
servative 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 Min-
ister in the 20th century to win three consecutive terms; 
Whereas Margaret Thatcher gave birth to a new distinctive 
ideology known as ‘‘Thatcherism’’ which emphasized indi-
vidual responsibility in the British Government’s mone-
tary 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 Min-
ister 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 de-
livered 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 peer-
age upon Margaret Thatcher, conferring upon her the 
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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 dedi-
cated work in promoting individual rights and free 
markets around the world; and 
(4) appreciates the strong diplomatic relation-
ship between the United States and Great Britain 
fostered by Prime Minister Thatcher. 
Æ 
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