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A resolution recognizing the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer.

Introduced: May 20, 2008 See on congress.gov
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May 20, 2008
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4554-4555; text as passed Senate: CR S4555; text of measure as introduced: CR S4495)
May 20, 2008
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4554-4555; text as passed Senate: CR S4555; text of measure as introduced: CR S4495)
May 20, 2008
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Declares that the Senate: (1) honors Lyndon B. Johnson for bringing about the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965; (2) extols his contributions to the United States; and (3) commends him for establishing the Medicare Act of 1965.

Recognizes the 100th birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th president, designer of the Great Society, politician, educator, and civil rights enforcer.

What's happening now May 20, 2008

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4554-4555; text as passed Senate: CR S4555; text of measure as introduced: CR S4495)