,,iii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dif  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #g1 
#bjad ,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,kirk1 ,mr4 ,reid1 ,mr4 ,mc,connell1    
,mr4 ,alexander1 ,ms4 ,ayotte1 ,ms4     
,baldwin1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,begich1 
,mr4 ,bennet1 ,mr4 ,blumenthal1 ,mr4    
,blunt1 ,mr4 ,booker1 ,mr4 ,boozman1    
,mrs4 ,boxer1 ,mr4 ,brown1 ,mr4 ,burr1  
,ms4 ,cantwell1 ,mr4 ,cardin1 ,mr4      
,carper1 ,mr4 ,casey1 ,mr4 ,chambliss1  
,mr4 ,coats1 ,mr4 ,coburn1 ,mr4         
,cochran1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,coons1   
,mr4 ,corker1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1 ,mr4 ,crapo1
 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,donnelly1 ,mr4 ,enzi1
 ,mrs4 ,feinstein1 ,mrs4 ,fischer1 ,mr4 
,flake1 ,mr4 ,franken1 ,mrs4            
,gillibrand1 ,mr4 ,graham1 ,mr4         
,grassley1 ,mrs4 ,hagan1 ,mr4 ,harkin1  
,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,heinrich1 ,ms4       
,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,heller1 ,ms4 ,hirono1  
,mr4 ,hoeven1 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4        
,isakson1 ,mr4 ,johanns1 ,mr4 ,johnson  
of ,wisconsin1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,south  

,dakota1 ,mr4 ,kaine1 ,mr4 ,king1 ,ms4  
,klobuchar1 ,ms4 ,landrieu1 ,mr4 ,leahy1
 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,levin1 ,mr4 ,manchin1 
,mr4 ,markey1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1 ,mrs4      
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,menendez1 ,mr4       
,merkley1 ,ms4 ,mikulski1 ,mr4 ,moran1  
,ms4 ,murkowski1 ,mr4 ,murphy1 ,mrs4    
,murray1 ,mr4 ,nelson1 ,mr4 ,paul1 ,mr4 
,portman1 ,mr4 ,pryor1 ,mr4 ,reed1 ,mr4 
,risch1 ,mr4 ,roberts1 ,mr4             
,rockefeller1 ,mr4 ,rubio1 ,mr4         
,sanders1 ,mr4 ,schatz1 ,mr4 ,schumer1  
,mr4 ,scott1 ,mr4 ,sessions1 ,mrs4      
,shaheen1 ,mr4 ,shelby1 ,ms4 ,stabenow1 
,mr4 ,tester1 ,mr4 ,thune1 ,mr4 ,toomey1
 ,mr4 ,udall of ,colorado1 ,mr4 ,walsh1 
,mr4 ,udall of ,new ,mexico1 ,mr4       
,vitter1 ,mr4 ,warner1 ,ms4 ,warren1    
,mr4 ,whitehouse1 ,mr4 ,wicker1 and ,mr4
 ,wyden7 submitted the following        
resolution2 which was considered and    
agreed to  ,,resolution  ,relative to   
the death of the ,honorable ,alan ,john 
,dixon1 former ,united ,states ,senator 
for the ,state of ,illinois4  ,whereas  

,alan ,john ,dixon was born in          
,belleville1 ,st4 ,clair ,county1       
,illinois on ,july #g1 #aibg1 served in 
the ,united ,states ,navy ,air ,corps in
 #aide1 graduated from the ,university  
of ,illinois in #aidi1 graduated        
,washington ,university ,school of ,law 
located in ,st4 ,louis1 ,missouri in    
#aidi1 passed the ,illinois bar in      
#aidi1 and then commenced practice in   
,belleville2 ,whereas ,senator ,dixon   
married his wife1 ,joan ,louise ,jody   
,fox1 in #aied2 ,whereas ,senator ,dixon
 is survived by his wife1 ,joan2 #b     
daughters1 ,stephanie ,yearian of       
,waterloo1 ,illinois1 and ,elizabeth    
,megaw of ,fairfax1 ,virginia2 #a son1  
,jeffrey ,dixon of ,chicago1 ,illinois2 
#h grandchildren2 and #f                
great-grandchildren2 ,whereas ,senator  
,dixon was elected ,belleville1         
,illinois1 ,police ,magistrate in #aidi2
 ,whereas ,senator ,dixon served in the 
,illinois ,house of ,representatives    
from #aiea-aifc1 in the ,illinois       

,senate from #aifc-aiga1 and as         
,minority ,whip of the ,illinois ,senate
 from #aifd-aiga2 ,whereas ,senator     
,dixon served as ,illinois ,treasurer   
from #aiga-aigg and ,illinois ,secretary
 of ,state from #aigg-aiha2 ,whereas    
,senator ,dixon was first elected to the
 ,united ,states ,senate in #aihj and   
served until #aiic2 ,whereas ,senator   
,dixon continued to serve his country as
 chair of the ,defense ,base ,closure   
and ,realignment ,commission from       
#aiid-aiie2 ,whereas ,senator ,dixon    
served the ,state of ,illinois for #db  
years2 ,whereas ,senator ,dixon was the 
first statewide ,democrat in ,illinois  
to make full disclosure of his net      
financial worth and began the tradition 
in ,washington of bipartisan ,illinois  
,congressional lunches2 and ,whereas his
 impeccable honesty1 willingness to     
reach across the aisle and across       
,illinois1 and leadership in the ,state 
earned him the nickname ,al the ,pal3   
,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that--  7#a7   

the ,senate has heard with profound     
sorrow and deep regret the announcement 
of the death of the ,honorable ,alan    
,john ,dixon1 former member of the      
,united ,states ,senate2  7#b7 the      
,secretary of the ,senate communicate   
these resolutions to the ,house of      
,representatives and transmit an        
enrolled copy thereof to the family of  
the deceased2 and  7#c7 when the ,senate
 adjourns today1 it stand adjourned as a
 further mark of respect to the memory  
of the ,alan ,john ,dixon4