California Senate Bill SJR27 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SJR 27AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 4, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Senator Yee MARCH 25, 2010 Relative to reunification of Ireland. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SJR 27, as amended, Yee. Reunification of Ireland. This measure would express the California Legislature's strong support for Irish reunification  by all peaceful means  and would urge the California Congressional delegation to support  all peaceful actions that support  the final reunification of the island of Ireland by all electoral and diplomatic means necessary. Fiscal committee: no. WHEREAS, The logic of history, international law, human rights, and peace dictate the reunification of the island of Ireland, and the realities of the moment, including the Good Friday Agreement and the development of the all-Ireland institutions of governance, attest to this momentum; and  WHEREAS, In the past, the California Democratic Party and the State Legislature adopted the MacBride Principles for Northern Ireland and strongly endorsed passage of the Good Friday Agreement among previously warring parties, due in part to the dedication of President William Jefferson Clinton, his administration, and Senator George Mitchell in seeing the agreement to fruition; and   WHEREAS, In the past, the State Legislature adopted the MacBride Principles for Northern Ireland and offered its informal endorsement of the Good Friday Agreement among the previously warring parties; and  WHEREAS, The contribution of Irish-born and Irish Americans to this state and this nation are legion;  and   now, therefore, be it   WHEREAS, This resolution was initiated by prominent members of the California Irish American community, including Thomas Patrick O' Shaughnessy, Chair, California Democratic Party Irish American Caucus; Jeanmarie Maher, Chair Emeritus, California Democratic Party Irish American Caucus; Senator John Burton (Ret.) Chair, California Democratic Party; and Susie Shannon, Executive Board Member, Los Angeles County Democratic Party; now, therefore, be it  Resolved by the Senate and the Assembly of the State of California, jointly, That the Legislature strongly supports Irish reunification  by all peaceful means  and urges the California Congressional delegation to  support all peaceful actions that  support the final reunification of the island of Ireland by all electoral and diplomatic means necessary; and be it further Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United States, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to the President pro Tempore of the Senate, to each Senator and Representative from California in the Congress of the United States, and to the United States Secretary of State.