PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7426-7427; text as passed Senate: CR S7426-7427; text of measure as introduced: CR S7423)
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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Sep 23, 2010
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Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) welcoming the leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to the United States for the second ASEAN-United States summit meeting; (2) that the decision to host the summit in New York City reflects ASEAN's importance to the United States and the importance of the United States to ASEAN; (3) that the U.S. government should continue to broaden its economic, political-security, social, and cultural engagement with the countries in Southeast Asia toward a closer partnership with ASEAN, as well as with other Asia-Pacific regional institutions; (4) that the U.S. government is committed to working with all ASEAN member-states to encourage the development of democratic institutions in Burma; and (5) that a stronger ASEAN serves shared interests in regional peace, stability, and prosperity.
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Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
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Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7426-7427; text as passed Senate: CR S7426-7427; text of measure as introduced: CR S7423)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7426-7427; text as passed Senate: CR S7426-7427; text of measure as introduced: CR S7423)
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