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HRES 347 109th Congress House

Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage…

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Official title: Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage stamps and recall from circulation those postage stamps currently on the market.

Introduced: July 19, 2005 Introduced by: Cleaver, Emanuel Democratic · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Jul 11, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5630-5631, H5633)
Jun 30, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
Jun 30, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action July 11, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5630-5631, H5633)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Condemns the government of Mexico for issuing a racist series of postage stamps.

Calls on Mexican President Vincente Fox to: (1) cease such stamps' printing and distribution and recall those stamps currently in circulation; and (2) apologize to the citizens of Mexico and the United States for the decision to circulate the stamps.

Declares that the government of Mexico's decision to issue the stamps is inconsistent with U.S. policy to eliminate vestiges of government sanctioned racial or ethnic discrimination or intolerance.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 6
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jul 19, 2005
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · Jul 19, 2005
Davis, Artur
· Jul 12, 2005
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Jul 12, 2005
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 30, 2005
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Jun 30, 2005
 D
Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
Florida · Jun 30, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 347: Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage stamps and recall from circulation those postage stamps currently on the market.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-347/
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"H. Res. 347: Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage stamps and recall from circulation those postage stamps currently on the market.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-347/.
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H. Res. 347, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-347/.
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[H. Res. 347: Condemning the Government of Mexico for printing and distributing blatantly racist postage stamps and urging Mexican President Vincente Fox to immediately cease printing and distributing the postage stamps and recall from circulation those postage stamps currently on the market.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HRES-347/)
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