<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<bill>
  <bill-type>sr</bill-type>
  <blog-article-count type="integer">4</blog-article-count>
  <hot-bill-category-id type="integer" nil="true"></hot-bill-category-id>
  <id type="integer">56630</id>
  <introduced type="integer">1238644800</introduced>
  <is-frontpage-hot type="boolean">false</is-frontpage-hot>
  <last-speech type="integer" nil="true"></last-speech>
  <last-vote-date type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-date>
  <last-vote-roll type="integer" nil="true"></last-vote-roll>
  <last-vote-where nil="true"></last-vote-where>
  <lastaction type="integer">1238644800</lastaction>
  <news-article-count type="integer" nil="true"></news-article-count>
  <number type="integer">99</number>
  <page-views-count type="integer">685</page-views-count>
  <pl nil="true"></pl>
  <plain-language-summary nil="true"></plain-language-summary>
  <rolls nil="true"></rolls>
  <session type="integer">111</session>
  <sponsor-id type="integer">300051</sponsor-id>
  <summary>	4/2/2009--Introduced.Expresses the sense of the Senate that the government of Uzbekistan should: (1) enforce its existing domestic legislation and fulfill its international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced and child labor; (2) allow an International Labour Organization investigation into forced and child labor in the cotton sector; and (3) take steps towards ensuring cotton farmers better returns and enabling them to hire adults.</summary>
  <topresident-date type="integer">1238644800</topresident-date>
  <topresident-datetime type="date">2009-04-02</topresident-datetime>
  <updated type="timestamp">Sat Nov 14 15:10:37 -0600 2009</updated>
  <bill-titles type="array">
    <bill-title>
      <as>introduced</as>
      <bill-id type="integer">56630</bill-id>
      <fti-titles>'aim':26 'end':28 'forc':32 'sens':5 'child':34 'exist':18 'labor':35 'senat':8 'state':30 'commit':25 'domest':19 'enforc':16 'fulfil':22 'govern':11 'immedi':15 'intern':24 'legisl':20 'express':3 'resolut':2 'sponsor':31 'uzbekistan':13 'state-sponsor':29</fti-titles>
      <id type="integer">71350</id>
      <is-default type="boolean">false</is-default>
      <title>A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Uzbekistan should immediately enforce its existing domestic legislation and fulfill its international commitments aimed at ending state-sponsored forced and child labor.</title>
      <title-type>official</title-type>
    </bill-title>
  </bill-titles>
  <last-action>
    <action-type>action</action-type>
    <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
    <bill-id type="integer">56630</bill-id>
    <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
    <date type="integer">1238644800</date>
    <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0500 2009</datetime>
    <how nil="true"></how>
    <id type="integer">190623</id>
    <result nil="true"></result>
    <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
    <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
    <text>Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.</text>
    <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
    <where nil="true"></where>
  </last-action>
  <sponsor>
    <biography nil="true"></biography>
    <bioguideid>H000206</bioguideid>
    <birthday type="date">1939-11-19</birthday>
    <blog-article-count type="integer">3701</blog-article-count>
    <congress-office>731 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
    <contact-webform>http://harkin.senate.gov/c/index.cfm</contact-webform>
    <district nil="true"></district>
    <email nil="true"></email>
    <fax>202-224-9369</fax>
    <firstname>Thomas</firstname>
    <fti-names>'d':4 'ia':5 'sen':1 'tom':8 'thoma':2,6,9 'harkin':3,7,10</fti-names>
    <gender>M</gender>
    <id type="integer">300051</id>
    <lastname>Harkin</lastname>
    <metavid-id>Tom_Harkin</metavid-id>
    <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
    <name>Sen. Thomas Harkin [D, IA]</name>
    <news-article-count type="integer">1929</news-article-count>
    <nickname>Tom</nickname>
    <osid>N00004207</osid>
    <page-views-count type="integer">9563</page-views-count>
    <party>Democrat</party>
    <phone>202-224-3254</phone>
    <religion>Roman Catholic</religion>
    <state>IA</state>
    <sunlight-nickname>Tom</sunlight-nickname>
    <title>Sen.</title>
    <unaccented-name>Thomas Harkin</unaccented-name>
    <url nil="true"></url>
    <user-approval type="float">3.10714285714286</user-approval>
    <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
    <website>http://harkin.senate.gov/</website>
    <youtube-id>SenatorTomHarkin</youtube-id>
  </sponsor>
  <co-sponsors type="array">
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>B000468</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1943-10-03</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">7505</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>703 Hart Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-224-2852</fax>
      <firstname>Jeff</firstname>
      <fti-names>'d':4 'nm':5 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'bingaman':3,7,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">300009</id>
      <lastname>Bingaman</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Jeff_Bingaman</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">4069</news-article-count>
      <nickname nil="true"></nickname>
      <osid>N00006518</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">10313</page-views-count>
      <party>Democrat</party>
      <phone>202-224-5521</phone>
      <religion>Methodist</religion>
      <state>NM</state>
      <sunlight-nickname nil="true"></sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Jeff Bingaman</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">4.46153846153846</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://bingaman.senate.gov</website>
      <youtube-id nil="true"></youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
    <co-sponsor type="Person">
      <biography nil="true"></biography>
      <bioguideid>S000033</bioguideid>
      <birthday type="date">1941-09-08</birthday>
      <blog-article-count type="integer">3930</blog-article-count>
      <congress-office>332 Dirksen Senate Office Building</congress-office>
      <contact-webform>http://sanders.senate.gov/comments/</contact-webform>
      <district nil="true"></district>
      <email nil="true"></email>
      <fax>202-228-0776</fax>
      <firstname>Bernard</firstname>
      <fti-names>'vt':5 'sen':1 'berni':8 'sander':3,7,10 'bernard':2,6,9</fti-names>
      <gender>M</gender>
      <id type="integer">400357</id>
      <lastname>Sanders</lastname>
      <metavid-id>Bernard_Sanders</metavid-id>
      <middlename nil="true"></middlename>
      <name>Sen. Bernard Sanders [I, VT]</name>
      <news-article-count type="integer">1831</news-article-count>
      <nickname>Bernie</nickname>
      <osid>N00000528</osid>
      <page-views-count type="integer">9699</page-views-count>
      <party>Independent</party>
      <phone>202-224-5141</phone>
      <religion>Jewish</religion>
      <state>VT</state>
      <sunlight-nickname>Bernie</sunlight-nickname>
      <title>Sen.</title>
      <unaccented-name>Bernard Sanders</unaccented-name>
      <url nil="true"></url>
      <user-approval type="float">6.79245283018868</user-approval>
      <watchdog-id nil="true"></watchdog-id>
      <website>http://sanders.senate.gov/</website>
      <youtube-id>SenatorSanders</youtube-id>
    </co-sponsor>
  </co-sponsors>
  <actions type="array">
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>action</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">56630</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1238644800</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0500 2009</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">190623</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text>Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.</text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
    <action type="BillAction">
      <action-type>introduced</action-type>
      <amendment-id type="integer" nil="true"></amendment-id>
      <bill-id type="integer">56630</bill-id>
      <created-at type="timestamp" nil="true"></created-at>
      <date type="integer">1238644800</date>
      <datetime type="timestamp">Thu Apr 02 00:00:00 -0500 2009</datetime>
      <how nil="true"></how>
      <id type="integer">190622</id>
      <result nil="true"></result>
      <roll-call-id type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-id>
      <roll-call-number type="integer" nil="true"></roll-call-number>
      <text nil="true"></text>
      <vote-type nil="true"></vote-type>
      <where nil="true"></where>
    </action>
  </actions>
  <roll-calls type="array"/>
</bill>
