HCONRES 214
110th Congress
House
Law
Athletes
Blacks
Boxing
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crime and Law Enforcement
Minorities
Pardons
Racial discrimination
Sports and Recreation
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should grant a posthumous pardon to John Arthur "Jack" Johnson for the 1913 racially motivated conviction of Johnson, which diminished his athletic, cultural, and historic significance, and tarnished his reputation.
Introduced: September 18, 2007
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12 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 2, 2008
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 26, 2008
Received in the Senate.
Sep 26, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 26, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR 9/25/2008 H9886)
Sep 26, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR 9/25/2008 H9886)
Sep 26, 2008
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H10059)
Sep 25, 2008
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Cannon objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Sep 25, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 214.
Sep 25, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9886-9887)
Sep 25, 2008
Ms. Lofgren, Zoe moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
Sep 18, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Sep 18, 2007
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Calls for the President to grant a pardon, posthumously, to Jack Johnson (the first African-American professional boxer to hold the title of Heavyweight Champion of the World) to expunge from the annals of American criminal justice a racially motivated abuse of the federal government's prosecutorial authority and to recognize his athletic and cultural contributions to society.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committees of jurisdiction
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