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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the…

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A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union on behalf of persecuted Jewish cultural activists and teachers of Hebrew.

Introduced: December 17, 1985 See on congress.gov
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Dec 17, 1985
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should grant pardons to Rabbis Leonard Cahan, David Oler, Bruce Kahn, Mark Levine, and H. Steven Bayar, who were sentenced to prison for demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union.

What's happening now December 17, 1985

Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Dec 19, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Res. 346: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union on behalf of persecuted Jewish cultural activists and teachers of Hebrew.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-346/
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"H. Res. 346: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union on behalf of persecuted Jewish cultural activists and teachers of Hebrew.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-346/.
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H. Res. 346, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-346/.
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[H. Res. 346: A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union on behalf of persecuted Jewish cultural activists and teachers of Hebrew.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HRES-346/)
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