On May 9th in US Political History
Part V
Part V
On May 9th in 2002 In Maryland Gov. Parris Glendening declared a moratorium on executions. It was the 2nd state after Illinois to do so.
On May 9th in 2003 The US and its allies asked the UN Security Council to legitimize their occupation of Iraq and sought permission to use revenue from the world's second-largest oil reserves to rebuild the war-battered country.
On May 9th in 2003 The Republican-led House approved 222-203 a $550 billion tax cut package.
On May 9th in 2005 President Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Jacques Chirac and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany with a military parade in Moscow. President Bush then traveled to Georgia.
On May 9th in 2006 The United States bowed to pressure from allies and agreed to support a new program to temporarily funnel additional aid directly to the Palestinian people.
On May 9th in 2006 Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas signed a health reform package to provide health insurance to as many as 25,000 uninsured residents.
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