THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE RESOLUTION

INTRODUCED BY CLYMER, ADOLPH, AUMENT, BAKER, BOYD, CALTAGIRONE, D. COSTA, CUTLER, DALEY, DeLUCA, DiGIROLAMO, EVANKOVICH, EVERETT, FLECK, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GIBBONS, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN, GRELL, GROVE, HAHN, HARHAI, HARHART, HARPER, HARRIS, HELM, HENNESSEY, HESS, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN, HUTCHINSON, KAUFFMAN, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KNOWLES, KORTZ, MAHER, MAHONEY, MAJOR, MANN, MARSHALL, MARSICO, McGEEHAN, MILLARD, MILLER, MILNE, MURT, MUSTIO, MYERS, OBERLANDER, O'NEILL, PAYNE, PERRY, PICKETT, READSHAW, ROCK, ROSS, SACCONE, SANTONI, SCAVELLO, CULVER, SCHRODER, SONNEY, STERN, STEVENSON, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TOOHIL, VEREB, VULAKOVICH, WATSON AND YOUNGBLOOD, MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, MARCH 29, 2012  

A RESOLUTION

Recognizing the 225th anniversary of the signing of the

Constitution of the United States.

WHEREAS, On September 17, 1787, 42 of the 55 delegates to the

Constitutional Convention held their final meeting, with only

one item of business occupying the agenda that day, to sign the

Constitution of the United States; and

WHEREAS, After being signed in September of 1787, Congress

sent printed copies of the Constitution of the United States to

the state legislatures for ratification; and

WHEREAS, By June 21, 1788, nine states had approved the

Constitution of the United States, finally forming "a more

perfect Union"; and

WHEREAS, In the opinion of many, the Constitution of the

United States, signed in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787,

represents the greatest expression of statesmanship and

compromise ever written; and

WHEREAS, This year marks the 225th anniversary of the signing

of the Constitution of the United States; therefore be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the

225th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the

United States.