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A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the…

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A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.

Introduced: February 8, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Agreed to (Senate)
Mar 24, 2021
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.
Mar 24, 2021
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Mar 24, 2021
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Feb 8, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S580-581)
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution denounces the Nicolás Maduro regime's most recent legislative elections as fraudulent and illegitimate, does not recognize the legitimacy of the new Venezuelan National Assembly, and joins members of the international community in rejecting the elections. Further, it urges that elections in Venezuela be conducted as soon as possible according to international standards for free, fair, and transparent electoral processes.

Additionally, the resolution calls on the Maduro regime to cease its persecution of Venezuala's independent political parties and release all political prisoners, and it calls for Nicolás Maduro and senior members of his regime to be held accountable for their actions.

What's happening now March 24, 2021

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 2
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Feb 8, 2021
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Feb 8, 2021
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Feb 8, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 44: A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-44/
MLA
"S. Res. 44: A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-44/.
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S. Res. 44, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-44/.
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[S. Res. 44: A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-SRES-44/)
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