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    <item congress="117" measure-type="sres" measure-number="165" measure-id="id117sres165" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2021-04-20" update-date="2021-12-06">
        <title>A resolution calling on the Government of the Russian Federation to provide evidence or to release United States citizen Paul Whelan.</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117sres165v55" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-12-06">
            <action-date>2021-07-22</action-date>
            <action-desc>Passed Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This resolution implores Russia to present credible evidence of wrongdoing against U.S. citizen Paul Whelan or immediately release him. It also implores Russia to provide unrestricted consular access to Whelan and to ensure that he and all other political prisoners are afforded due process and universally recognized human rights.</p>]]></summary-text>
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        <summary summary-id="id117sres165v25" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-12-06">
            <action-date>2021-06-24</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p>This resolution implores Russia to present credible evidence of wrongdoing against U.S. citizen Paul Whelan or immediately release him. It also implores Russia to provide unrestricted consular access to Whelan and to ensure that he and all other political prisoners are afforded due process and universally recognized human rights.</p>]]></summary-text>
        </summary>
        <summary summary-id="id117sres165v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2021-08-06">
            <action-date>2021-04-20</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p>This resolution implores Russia to present credible evidence of wrongdoing against U.S. citizen Paul Whelan or immediately release him. It also implores Russia to provide unrestricted consular access to Whelan and to ensure that he and all other political prisoners are afforded due process and universally recognized human rights.</p>]]></summary-text>
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