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<title>Recognizing that it is the sense of the United States House of Representatives that Socialism poses a significant threat to the freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity.</title>
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<action-date>2019-03-25</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution declares that socialism (1) along with Marxism, is a failed ideology; (2) poses a significant threat to the freedom, liberty, and economic prosperity to all countries and citizens around the world; and (3) is a failed experiment of governance that inevitably ends in suffering.</p> <p>The resolution affirms that America will never be a socialist nation.</p>]]></summary-text>
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<dc:contributor>Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress</dc:contributor>
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