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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).

Introduced: November 19, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Mar 8, 2000
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1291-1294)
Nov 19, 1999
Submitted in the Senate. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Over, Under the Rule.
Nov 19, 1999
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the Senate Foreign Relations Committee should hold hearings on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW); and (2) the Senate should act on CEDAW by March 8, 2000, International Women's Day.
What's happening now March 8, 2000

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1291-1294)

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 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Mar 7, 2000
 D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 1, 2000
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Nov 19, 1999
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Nov 19, 1999
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 237: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SRES-237/
MLA
"S. Res. 237: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SRES-237/.
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S. Res. 237, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SRES-237/.
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[S. Res. 237: A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations should hold hearings and the Senate should act on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-SRES-237/)
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