3.0.0 213 2023-01-11T13:24:03Z 2023-01-11T13:24:03Z Senate S SRES 2013-08-01 113 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2013-10-01T01:24:31Z Markup by 2013-09-30T22:45:02Z Referred to 2013-08-01T20:16:14Z 2013-10-04 Senate Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7213-7214; text as passed Senate: CR S7213) Floor 2013-10-04 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and an amendment to the Title and an amended preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7213-7214; text as passed Senate: CR S7213) Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2013-09-30 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 201. Calendars 2013-09-30 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report. Committee 2013-09-30 Committee on Foreign Relations. Reported by Senator Menendez with an amendment in the nature of a substitute and an amendment to the title and with an amended preamble. Without written report. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee 2013-09-30 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. Committee 2013-08-01 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S6236) IntroReferral 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2013-08-01 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2013-08-01 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2013-08-01 True U000039 Sen. Udall, Tom [D-NM] TOM UDALL D NM 2013-08-01 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2013-08-01 True K000360 Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] MARK KIRK R IL STEVEN 2013-08-01 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2013-09-09 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2013-09-27 False International Affairs Congressional tributes International organizations and cooperation Latin America Political movements and philosophies Political parties and affiliation Sovereignty, recognition, national governance and status Venezuela International Affairs 00 2013-08-01 Introduced in Senate 2013-08-29T19:21:35Z Supports the people of Venezuela in their pursuit of the free exercise of representative democracy in Venezuela.

Calls for greater dialogue between all political actors in Venezuela and deplores the undemocratic denial of parliamentary rights to members of opposition parties in the National Assembly and the violence perpetrated against opposition legislators.

Commends legislators from other nations in the Americas who have declared their opposition to political irregularities and the use of violence against opposition parliamentarians in Venezuela.

Urges: (1) the Organization of American States (OAS) to issue a report on irregularities resulting from the April 14, 2013, presidential election in Venezuela; and (2) the U.S. Ambassador to the OAS to work with other member states to strengthen the ability of the OAS to protect democratic institutions.

]]> 01 2013-09-30 Reported to Senate with amendment(s) 2013-10-23T16:36:43Z Supports the people of Venezuela in their pursuit of the free exercise of representative democracy in Venezuela.

Calls for greater dialogue between all political actors in Venezuela and deplores the undemocratic denial of parliamentary rights to members of opposition parties in the National Assembly and the violence perpetrated against opposition legislators inside the legislative chambers of Venezuela.

Commends legislators from other nations in the Americas who have declared their opposition to political irregularities and the use of violence against opposition parliamentarians in Venezuela.

Urges: (1) the Organization of American States (OAS) to issue a report on irregularities resulting from the April 14, 2013, presidential election in Venezuela, and (2) the U.S. Ambassador to the OAS to work with other member states to strengthen the ability of the OAS to protect democratic institutions.

]]> 35 2013-10-04 Passed Senate amended 2013-10-23T16:37:03Z Supports the people of Venezuela in their pursuit of the free exercise of representative democracy as guaranteed by the Constitution of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela.

Deplores the undemocratic denial of the legitimate rights of opposition parliamentarians in Venezuela, the violence perpetrated against opposition legislators inside chambers of the National Assembly, and the growing efforts to use politically-motivated criminal charges to intimidate the country's political opposition.

Commends legislators from other countries in the Americas who have declared their opposition to alleged electoral irregularities and condemned the use of violence against opposition parliamentarians in Venezuela.

Urges the Department of State to work with other countries in the Americas to ensure the rule of law in Venezuela in accordance with the Inter-American Democratic Charter and to strengthen the ability of the Organization of American States (OAS) to respond to the erosion of democratic norms and institutions in member states.

Calls for the United States to work with other countries in the hemisphere to actively encourage a process of dialogue between the government of Venezuela and the political opposition through the OAS so that the voices of all Venezuelans can be taken into account through their country's constitutional institutions and free and fair elections.

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