PRINTER'S NO. 2356
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
465
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY KORTZ, BOBACK, QUIGLEY, LONGIETTI, HENNESSEY,
BIZZARRO, BAKER, DUSH, SONNEY, KAUFFMAN, SCHLEGEL CULVER,
SCHLOSSBERG, SACCONE, CORBIN, DEAN, SAYLOR, DiGIROLAMO,
STAATS, O'BRIEN, MILLARD, CHARLTON, JAMES, MACKENZIE,
CALTAGIRONE, MURT, BULLOCK, RYAN, WATSON, R. BROWN, NEILSON,
GOODMAN, ROZZI, GROVE, DRISCOLL, READSHAW, D. COSTA,
ZIMMERMAN, WARD, TALLMAN, HEFFLEY, EVERETT, MARSICO, DeLUCA,
COX, TOEPEL, B. MILLER, PICKETT, FARRY, GABLER, THOMAS,
FREEMAN, GILLEN, KLUNK, SIMS, MARKOSEK, ELLIS, KULIK, RADER,
SAMUELSON, BARRAR, PYLE, COMITTA, PHILLIPS-HILL, KINSEY,
PASHINSKI, HARPER, ROTHMAN, RAPP, ROEBUCK, JOZWIAK, BURNS,
CONKLIN, BARBIN, SCHWEYER, WARREN AND BERNSTINE,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Recognizing the 230th anniversary of the signing of the
Constitution of the United States and honoring the vision and
perseverance of the framers who crafted our nation's
governing document during the Constitutional Convention of
1787.
WHEREAS, The nation's first governing document, the Articles
of Confederation, was ratified in 1781 and provided for a loose
confederation of states and a weak central government; and
WHEREAS, The Congress of the Confederation struggled to
enforce its authority without executive or judicial branches of
government; and
WHEREAS, Congress endorsed the idea of New York politician
Alexander Hamilton to convene a Constitutional Convention in
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