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A joint resolution condemning the violence and domestic terrorist attack that took place during events between August 11 and August 12, 2017, in Charlottesville, Virginia, recognizing the first responders who lost their lives while monitoring the events, offering deepest condolences to the families and friends of those individuals who were killed and deepest sympathies and support to those individuals who were injured by the violence, expressing support for the Charlottesville community, rejecting White nationalists, White supremacists, the Ku Klux Klan, neo-Nazis, and other hate groups, and urging the President and the President's Cabinet to use all available resources to address the threats posed by those groups.

Introduced: September 6, 2017 Introduced by: Warner, Mark R. Democratic · Virginia See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 16 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 14, 2017
Became Public Law No: 115-58.
Sep 14, 2017
Signed by President.
Sep 14, 2017
Presented to President.
Sep 12, 2017
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Sep 12, 2017
On passage Passed without objection. (text: CR H7288)
Sep 12, 2017
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed without objection.(text: CR H7288)
Sep 12, 2017
Mr. Goodlatte asked unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table and consider.
Sep 12, 2017
Considered by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR H7287-7288)
Sep 12, 2017
Held at the desk.
Sep 12, 2017
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Sep 12, 2017
Received in the House.
Sep 11, 2017
Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5165; text: CR S5165)
Sep 11, 2017
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S5165; text: CR S5165)
Sep 7, 2017
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 212.
Sep 6, 2017
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S5006)
Sep 6, 2017
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.)

This joint resolution condemns the racist violence and domestic terror attack in Charlottesville, Virginia, and rejects white nationalism, white supremacy, and neo-Nazism sentiments as antithetical to U.S. values. 

Congress offers condolences to the families of those who died in Charlottesville and sympathy and support for those injured, and expresses support to the Charlottesville community.

Congress urges the President and the Administration to speak out against hate groups and use all available resources to address the growing prevalence of domestic hate groups.

What's happening now September 14, 2017

Became Public Law No: 115-58.

 Cosponsors 36
R
Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Sep 11, 2017
R
Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Sep 11, 2017
D
Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Sep 7, 2017
D
Bennet, Michael F.
Colorado · Sep 7, 2017
D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Sep 7, 2017
D
Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Sep 7, 2017
R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Sep 7, 2017
D
Coons, Christopher A.
Delaware · Sep 7, 2017
D
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Nevada · Sep 7, 2017
D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Sep 7, 2017
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 7, 2017
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
New York · Sep 7, 2017
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Sep 7, 2017
D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Sep 7, 2017
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
Hawaii · Sep 7, 2017
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
Maine · Sep 7, 2017
D
Klobuchar, Amy
Minnesota · Sep 7, 2017
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 7, 2017
R
McConnell, Mitch
Kentucky · Sep 7, 2017
D
Merkley, Jeff
Oregon · Sep 7, 2017
D
Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Sep 7, 2017
D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 7, 2017
D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Sep 7, 2017
D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Sep 7, 2017
R
Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Sep 7, 2017
I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 7, 2017
D
Schatz, Brian
Hawaii · Sep 7, 2017
D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 7, 2017
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Sep 7, 2017
D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 7, 2017
D
Warren, Elizabeth
Massachusetts · Sep 7, 2017
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 7, 2017
D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Sep 7, 2017
D
Blumenthal, Richard
Connecticut · Sep 6, 2017
D
Kaine, Tim
Virginia · Sep 6, 2017
R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Sep 6, 2017