PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398; text as passed Senate: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398)
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Version 82 · Passed Senate without amendment · Apr 3, 2009
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Expresses the sense of the Senate: (1) supporting the Fifth Summit of the Americas as an effective multilateral forum for the 34 democratically elected heads of state of the region to address shared challenges and foster collaboration throughout the Western Hemisphere; and (2) that the Summit provides the United States with an opportunity to strengthen its engagement with the countries of the Western Hemisphere.
People & committees
Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] · D–MA
Legislative record
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Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398; text as passed Senate: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398; text as passed Senate: CR 4/02/2009 S4397-4398)
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 43.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Kerry without amendment and with a preamble. Without written report.
Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported favorably.
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4005)
Introduced in Senate
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