The idea of setting aside a Sunday in May for our mothers became an official holiday with a Congressional resolution a little more than 100 years ago.

国会议决案为我们的母亲留出五月的(第二个)周日作为法定假日，100多年前就有了。

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A 1941 congressional resolution moved it to the fourth Thursday to assure a longer post-Thanksgiving, pre-Christmas shopping season in years when there are five Thursdays in November.

1941年，国会通过议案，决定把感恩节挪到11月的第四个星期四，以确保在11月包含五个星期四的年份里感恩节后和圣诞节前有一个较长的购物时段。

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The president signed the congressional resolution.

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But all except one of the Democrats' leading presidential candidates supported the congressional resolution authorising force.

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Clinton supported the congressional resolution that was the basis for the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq.

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John Kerry and John Edwards -- who supported a congressional resolution authorizing Bush to act against Iraq.

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