[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 45 (Thursday, March 15, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3236-S3237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    CALLING ON THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO IMMEDIATELY 
  ESTABLISH A FULL, INDEPENDENT, AND PUBLIC JUDICIAL INQUIRY INTO THE 
      MURDER OF NORTHERN IRELAND DEFENSE ATTORNEY PATRICK FINUCANE

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I now ask unanimous consent that the Foreign 
Relations Committee be discharged and the Senate then proceed to 
consideration of H. Con. Res. 20.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The clerk 
will report the concurrent resolution by title.
  The assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 20) calling on the 
     Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a 
     full, independent, and public judicial inquiry into the 
     murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Patrick Finucane, 
     as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park 
     Agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern Ireland 
     peace process.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the joint 
resolution.
  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent the concurrent resolution be agreed 
to, the motion to reconsider be laid upon the table, the amendment to 
the preamble which is at the desk be considered and agreed to, the 
preamble as

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amended be agreed to, and any statements be printed in the Record.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 463) was agreed to, as follows:

       In the ninth whereas clause of the preamble, strike 
     ``Dial'' and insert ``Dail''.

  The concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 20) was agreed to.
  The preamble, as amended, was agreed to.

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