3.0.0 87 2019-11-15T21:52:33Z 2019-11-15T21:52:33Z Senate S SCONRES 2008-06-09 110 hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2008-09-17T22:48:47Z ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2008-09-16T22:49:34Z Referred to 2008-06-09T22:11:48Z Congratulating the Republic of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence. 110 1405 HRES 2008-07-31 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Related bill CRS 2008-09-17 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2008-09-17 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2008-09-17 14:55:38 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2008-09-16 Senate Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S8890) Floor 2008-09-16 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(text: CR S8890) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2008-09-16 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8889-8890) Discharge 2008-09-16 Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S8889-8890) Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2008-06-09 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S5393-5394) IntroReferral 2008-06-09 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5394) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-06-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2008-06-09 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2008-07-09 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-07-31 False O000167 Sen. Obama, Barack [D-IL] Barack Obama D IL 2008-09-08 False L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2008-09-09 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2008-09-15 False International Affairs Anniversaries Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorations Commerce Congressional tributes Democracy Estonia Europe Free enterprise History Human rights Latvia Law Lithuania Military agreements Military occupation Nazism Religion Religious liberty Rule of law Russia Sovereignty U.S.S.R. International Affairs 00 2008-06-09 Introduced in Senate 2008-08-12T19:43:17Z Congratulates the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of Latvia's November 18, 1918, declaration of independence.

Commends the government of Latvia for its success in implementing political and economic reforms, for establishing political, religious and economic freedom, and for its commitment to human and civil rights.

Calls on the President and the Secretary of State to urge the government of the Russian Federation to acknowledge that the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and for the succeeding 51 years was illegal.

]]> 82 2008-09-16 Passed Senate without amendment 2008-11-04T22:10:33Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Congratulates the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of Latvia's November 18, 1918, declaration of independence.

Commends the government of Latvia for its success in implementing political and economic reforms, for establishing political, religious and economic freedom, and for its commitment to human and civil rights.

Recognizes the common goals and shared values of the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the close relations of the three Baltic countries with one other, and their tragic history under the Nazi and Soviet occupations.

Calls on the President to issue a proclamation congratulating the people of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of the declaration of Latvia's independence.

Calls on the President and the Secretary of State to urge the government of the Russian Federation to acknowledge that the Soviet occupation of Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania under the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and for the succeeding 51 years was illegal.

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