HRES 196
117th Congress
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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response,…
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Mar 8, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Mar 8, 2021
Introduced in House
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This resolution supports the goals of a feminist foreign policy (i.e., a foreign policy that requires analysis of and challenges to power structures and inequalities that are based on systems of discrimination), and it supports the adoption of policies that promote gender equity and women's participation in public life.
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
36
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Williams, Nikema
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Pingree, Chellie
PRICE, DAVID
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Dean, Madeleine
D
Bonamici, Suzanne
D
Carson, André
D
Casten, Sean
D
Chu, Judy
D
Clarke, Yvette D.
COOPER, JAMES
D
Frankel, Lois
HASTINGS, ALCEE
D
Houlahan, Chrissy
D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Jones, Mondaire
D
Keating, William R.
D
Khanna, Ro
Lawrence, Brenda
Lowenthal, Alan
D
McCollum, Betty
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McGovern, James P.
D
Meng, Grace
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Titus, Dina
D
Tlaib, Rashida
D
Vargas, Juan
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Velázquez, Nydia M.
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Wasserman Schultz, Debbie
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Welch, Peter
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 196: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-196/
"H. Res. 196: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of taking a feminist approach to all aspects of foreign policy, including foreign assistance and humanitarian response, trade, diplomacy, defense, immigration, funding, and accountability mechanisms.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-196/.
H. Res. 196, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HRES-196/.
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