2009-11-19T00:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4140 tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-19:/action/217125 2009-11-19T00:00:00Z A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has systematically violated its obligations to uphold human rights provided for under its constitution and international law.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-11-09:/action/216173 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z A resolution deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-26:/action/212733 2009-10-26T00:00:00Z A resolution commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths on November 16, 1989, at the Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-26:/action/212899 2009-10-26T00:00:00Z A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate on religious minorities in Iraq.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-21:/action/212021 2009-10-21T00:00:00Z A resolution calling upon the President to ensure that the foreign policy of the United States reflects appropriate understanding and sensitivity concerning issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide documented in the United States record relating to the Armenian Genocide, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-15:/action/211606 2009-10-15T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.<br /><br />October 15, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-73. tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-15:/action/211589 2009-10-15T00:00:00Z To enhance the effectiveness of United States diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding economic sanctions against Iran to include refined petroleum, require the Secretary of Defense to develop and maintain viable military options to prevent the successful development or deployment of a nuclear weapons capability by the Government of Iran, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-15:/action/211605 2009-10-15T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.<br /><br />October 15, 2009: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2009-10-05:/action/210399 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.<br /><br />October 05, 2009: Presented to President. tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-30:/action/210123 2009-09-30T00:00:00Z Commemorating the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. to sainthood.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-30:/action/210378 2009-09-30T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.<br /><br />September 30, 2009: Cleared for White House. tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-24:/action/209492 2009-09-24T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2010 through 2014 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-09-22:/action/209072 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z Remembering and commemorating the lives and work of Jesuit Fathers Ignacio Ellacuria, Ignacio Martin-Baro, Segundo Montes, Amando Lopez, Juan Ramon Moreno, Joaquin Lopez y Lopez, and housekeeper Julia Elba Ramos and her daughter Celina Mariset Ramos on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of their deaths at the University of Central America Jose Simeon Canas located in San Salvador, El Salvador on November 16, 1989.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-07:/action/206752 2009-08-07T00:00:00Z A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Government of Afghanistan, with the support of the international community, should fulfill its obligations to ensure that women fully participate as candidates and voters in the August 20, 2009, presidential and provincial council elections in Afghanistan.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-06:/action/206629 2009-08-06T00:00:00Z A bill to authorize the establishment of a Social Investment and Economic Development for the Americas Fund to reduce poverty, expand the middle class, and foster increased economic opportunity in that region, to promote engagement on the use of renewable fuel sources and on climate change in the Americas, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-06:/action/206561 2009-08-06T00:00:00Z A bill to provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, to improve conditions of detention for detainees, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-08-03:/action/206324 2009-08-03T00:00:00Z A resolution commemorating the 175th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the British Empire on August 1, 1834.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-28:/action/205201 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 28, 2009: Signed by President. tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-28:/action/205202 2009-07-28T00:00:00Z Approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes.<br /><br />July 28, 2009: Became Public Law No: 111-42. tag:opencongress.org,2009-07-27:/action/204900 2009-07-27T00:00:00Z To withdraw normal trade relations treatment from the products of foreign countries that do not maintain acceptable standards of religious freedom and worker rights.<br /><br />