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SRES 70 109th Congress Senate Commemorations Alabama Anniversaries Black history Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Government Operations and Politics History Political violence Public demonstrations Voting rights

A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.

Introduced: March 3, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 3, 2005
Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2050; text as passed Senate: CR S2050; text of measure as introduced: CR S2045)
Mar 3, 2005
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2050; text as passed Senate: CR S2050; text of measure as introduced: CR S2045)
Mar 3, 2005
Introduced in Senate
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(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Commemorates the 40th anniversary, on March 7, 2005, of Bloody Sunday (the day of the civil rights march and demonstration for African American voting rights in Selma, Alabama).

What's happening now March 3, 2005

Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2050; text as passed Senate: CR S2050; text of measure as introduced: CR S2045)

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McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Mar 3, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 70: A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-70/
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"S. Res. 70: A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-70/.
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S. Res. 70, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-70/.
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[S. Res. 70: A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of Bloody Sunday.](https://openamerica.io/bill/109-SRES-70/)
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