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SRES 10 118th Congress Senate Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Abortion Commemorative events and holidays National symbols

A resolution memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22nd day of January each year.

Introduced: January 23, 2023 See on congress.gov
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Jan 23, 2023
Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S57)
Jan 23, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This resolution expresses support for recognizing January 22 of each year as the Day of Tears and lowering flags to half-staff to honor unborn lives lost to abortion.

What's happening now January 23, 2023

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S57)

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 52 Related bill Memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22d day of January each year.
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Republican 7
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Rounds, Mike
South Dakota · Feb 2, 2023
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Jan 30, 2023
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Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Jan 24, 2023
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Jan 23, 2023
 R
Daines, Steve
Montana · Jan 23, 2023
 R
Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Jan 23, 2023
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Jan 23, 2023
Mullin, Markwayne
· Jan 23, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. Res. 10: A resolution memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22nd day of January each year.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-10/
MLA
"S. Res. 10: A resolution memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22nd day of January each year.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-10/.
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S. Res. 10, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-10/.
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[S. Res. 10: A resolution memorializing the unborn by lowering the United States flag to half-staff on the 22nd day of January each year.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-SRES-10/)
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