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Congratulating Albania and Croatia on being invited to begin accession talks with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and expressing support for continuing to enlarge the alliance.

Introduced: June 11, 2008 See on congress.gov
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2008
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 30, 2008
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H7338)
Jul 30, 2008
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 1266.
Jul 30, 2008
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H7338-7340)
Jul 30, 2008
Mr. Berman moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Jul 30, 2008
On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H7338)
Jun 11, 2008
Introduced in House
Jun 11, 2008
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Congratulates Albania and Croatia on being invited by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to begin accession talks.

Supports: (1) the invitations to initiate an Intensified Dialogue between NATO and Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Serbia; and (2) the enlargement of NATO, and the NATO declaration at the Bucharest Summit that NATO should remain open to European democracies able to assume membership responsibilities.

Affirms that any decision about NATO membership will be made through member consensus and that no country outside of NATO has a vote or veto with respect to such decisions.

What's happening now July 30, 2008

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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