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.

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

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Version 25 · Reported to Senate · Mar 24, 2021

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.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R–FL

Committees

Foreign Relations Committee

5 cosponsorship records, including any withdrawals

Legislative record

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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. 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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Discuss S.Res.44, 117th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/44

Text version to examine: Reported to Senate · 2021-03-24.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/sres44/BILLS-117sres44rs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.Res.44, 117th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/44

Text version to examine: Reported to Senate · 2021-03-24.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/sres44/BILLS-117sres44rs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.Res.44, 117th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/44

Text version to examine: Reported to Senate · 2021-03-24.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/sres44/BILLS-117sres44rs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.Res.44, 117th Congress: 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.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-resolution/44

Text version to examine: Reported to Senate · 2021-03-24.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/sres44/BILLS-117sres44rs.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.Res.44 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.