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A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1980 worker's strike in Poland and the birth of the Solidarity Trade Union, the first free and independent trade union established in the…

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A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1980 worker's strike in Poland and the birth of the Solidarity Trade Union, the first free and independent trade union established in the Soviet-dominated countries of Europe.

Introduced: July 18, 2005 See on congress.gov

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Agreed to (Senate)

Jul 27, 2005

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9201)

Jul 27, 2005

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S9201)

Jul 27, 2005

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9021-9022)

Jul 27, 2005

Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S9021-9022)

Jul 18, 2005

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S8426)

Jul 18, 2005

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8426-8427)

Jul 18, 2005

Introduced in Senate

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares August 31, 2005, to be Solidarity Day in the United States to recognize the 25th anniversary of the establishment in Poland of the Solidarity Trade Union.

Honors the people of Poland who risked their lives to restore liberty in Poland and to return Poland to the democratic community of nations.

Calls on the people of the United States to remember the struggle and sacrifice of the people of Poland and that the results of that struggle contributed to the fall of communism and the ultimate end of the Cold War.

What's happening now July 27, 2005

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9201)

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Judiciary Committee
Senate

Cosponsors 3

Murkowski, Lisa

Alaska · Jul 25, 2005

Crapo, Mike

Idaho · Jul 18, 2005

Durbin, Richard J.

Illinois · Jul 18, 2005

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 198: A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1980 worker's strike in Poland and the birth of the Solidarity Trade Union, the first free and independent trade union established in the Soviet-dominated countries of Europe.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-198/

MLA

"S. Res. 198: A resolution commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1980 worker's strike in Poland and the birth of the Solidarity Trade Union, the first free and independent trade union established in the Soviet-dominated countries of Europe.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-198/.

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S. Res. 198, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-198/.

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