3.0.0 749 2023-01-11T13:44:20Z 2023-01-11T13:44:20Z Senate SRES 2020-10-20 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-10-20T21:05:48Z Denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold 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. 116 1202 HRES 2020-11-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security and Trade. Related bill CRS 2020-10-20 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6332-6333) IntroReferral 2020-10-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL N M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2020-10-20 True C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2020-10-20 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2020-10-20 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-10-20 True C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD 2020-10-20 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-10-20 True International Affairs Detention of persons Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Human rights International organizations and cooperation Latin America Political parties and affiliation Protest and dissent United Nations Venezuela War crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity International Affairs 00 2020-10-20 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-05T16:20:54Z This resolution denounces efforts by the Nicolás Maduro regime to hold fraudulent legislative elections and joins members of the international community in rejecting the regime's efforts to carry out those 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.

]]> A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold 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. Display Title A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold 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 Title as Introduced A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's efforts to hold 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. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116sres749is/xml/BILLS-116sres749is.xml 2020-10-20 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text: CR S6332-6333) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.