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A resolution commemorating the 40th anniversary of the mass movement for Soviet Jewish freedom and the 20th anniversary of the Freedom Sunday rally for Soviet Jewry on the National Mall.

Introduced: November 6, 2007 See on congress.gov
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Nov 16, 2007
Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14657-14658; text as passed Senate: CR S14657-14658)
Nov 16, 2007
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S14657-14658; text as passed Senate: CR S14657-14658)
Nov 15, 2007
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 510.
Nov 15, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Leahy without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Nov 15, 2007
Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Nov 6, 2007
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13999)
Nov 6, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Recognizes the contributions of American citizens of Jewish descent who emigrated from the Soviet Union.

Commemorates: (1) the 40th anniversary of the mass movement for freedom by and on behalf of Soviet Jewry; and (2) the 20th anniversary of the December 6, 1987, Freedom Sunday rally for Soviet Jews.

Condemns incidents of anti-Semitism, xenophobia, and religious persecution in the independent states of the former Soviet Union and encourages the development of democracy, religious freedom, rule of law, and human rights in those states.

What's happening now November 16, 2007

Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S14657-14658; text as passed Senate: CR S14657-14658)

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1