SCONRES 39
116th Congress
Senate
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Crimes against property
District of Columbia
First Amendment rights
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors.
Introduced: June 4, 2020
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 4, 2020
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737)
Jun 4, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This concurrent resolution condemns the President for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those protestors.
What's happening now
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737)
Committees of jurisdiction
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