SRES 198
109th Congress
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Cold War
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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
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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
Plain-English summary
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
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9201)
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