bullmarket

The United States House of Representatives supports the designation of a `National Corvette Day' to honor the Chevrolet Corvette.

RES 970 IH

110th CONGRESS 2d Session
H. RES. 970

Expressing support for designation of June 30 as `National Corvette Day'.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

February 7, 2008
Mr. SHIMKUS (for himself, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania, and Mr. MCCAUL of Texas) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

RESOLUTION

Expressing support for designation of June 30 as `National Corvette Day'.

Whereas the Chevrolet Corvette is America's first sports car;

Whereas the first production Corvette rolled off a Flint, Michigan, assembly line on June 30, 1953;

Whereas the Corvette is now manufactured in Bowling Green, Kentucky;

Whereas the Corvette is the most widely respected production sports car in United States history;

Whereas the Corvette is truly a symbol of American pride;

Whereas General Motors is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2008; and

Whereas the 30th of June would be an appropriate day to designate as `National Corvette Day': Now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That the United States House of Representatives supports the designation of a `National Corvette Day' to honor the Chevrolet Corvette

jetske

So will we get the day off work if we have a Corvette?

C5R USA

It's about time,thanks to the lobbying representatives that made this see the light of day.What a great new chapter for the history of
Corvette

AfterburninC5

Good thing I drove mine to work today. I will celebrate by taking the long way home today. Everyday should be Corvette day.
Good find bullmarket.

1slowFRC

Damnit, im already at work...maybe I should leave...:-)

medion07

I vote for that.

peter pan

Pretty cool

DeeGee

No one told me it was a day off work today

tony car4a

So, I too thought wow! And then did some research: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill...ill=hr110-970: "Last Action: Jun 24, 2008: At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Ms. Foxx objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn." Sorry to say, but it looks like the idea may have lost it's momentum in Congress.

jetske

Finally something worth lobbying for and it gets hacked?

That's it...no more PAC donations.

kww

First bill in years that made any sense.

Jet-Jock

Kewl!

Yeah that was celebrated on Friday as National Drive Your Corvette to Work Day.

C5nKY

Ron Lewis is my congressman. I'll call the E-town office tomorrow and voice my opinion. He one of the co-sponsors.

I WAS going to drive the Vette to work tonight. I guess she'll stay under her blanky.



So, Ms Foxx helped kill it?

jetske

...Yeah looks that way. But who the heck is Ms. Foxx? I've been trying to do a search to see what political party she is associated with. I've done a search on "Ms Foxx Ford Mustang club" but couldn't find anything.

C5nKY

She probably drives a Prius and hugs the tree in her front yard every evening when she gets home.

jetske

Right on, Brother!

Based on the hybrid post lighting up the forum lately, that's probably exactly the deal!

I won't chime in to much, but, after seeing that Hybrid post in the hotel at Bloomington Gold over the weekend, I gassed up and drove home with a civilian-like foot on the gas (meaning...I did not drive it hard, looking for good MGP results). I drove home to Indy at 80MPH when I could, hit a little stop and go traffic in Chicago, but my 6-speed C5 averaged 32.0 MPG to my driveway in Indy. I almost took a picture of the dash I was so proud.

National Corvette Day needs to live!

EPMM 03 C5

god bless the corvette!!!

eric

Mr.Bill

Could this be the MS. Foxx?
http://my.barackobama.com/page/dashboard/public/gGxqlS

unionlandlord

Paul G.

jrose7004

Happy Birthday to the Corvette!