2008-07-17T20:00:00Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/issue_feed/4539 tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/action/166797 2008-07-17T20:00:00Z An original bill making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-19:/action/158391 2008-05-19T20:00:00Z To hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-05-11:/action/156861 2008-05-11T20:00:00Z A bill to hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-03:/action/146535 2008-03-03T19:00:00Z Permitting the use of the Rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2008-01-28:/action/144048 2008-01-28T19:00:00Z To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008 to remove the authority of the President to waive certain provisions.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-14:/action/132274 2007-10-14T20:00:00Z To restore the Constitution's checks and balances and protections against government abuses as envisioned by the Founding Fathers.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-10-09:/action/132108 2007-10-09T20:00:00Z Calling on the President of the United States and the international community to take immediate steps to respond to and prevent acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-30:/action/131089 2007-09-30T20:00:00Z To ensure that the courts of the United States may provide an impartial forum for claims brought by United States citizens and others against any railroad organized as a separate legal entity, arising from the deportation of United States citizens and others to Nazi concentration camps on trains owned or operated by such railroad, and by the heirs and survivors of such persons.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-09-24:/action/130330 2007-09-24T20:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the continuing effects of the genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-19:/action/96987 2007-03-19T20:00:00Z To implement the recommendations of the Guam War Claims Review Commission.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-03-07:/action/95577 2007-03-07T19:00:00Z To provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-26:/action/94391 2007-02-26T19:00:00Z Expressing the sense of Congress that the global use of child soldiers is unacceptable and that the international community should find remedies end this practice.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-14:/action/93637 2007-02-14T19:00:00Z Permitting the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for a ceremony as part of the commemoration of the days of remembrance of victims of the Holocaust.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-12:/action/93303 2007-02-12T19:00:00Z A bill to provide for the effective prosecution of terrorists and guarantee due process rights.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-05:/action/92752 2007-02-05T19:00:00Z A bill to promote stabilization and reconstruction efforts in Somalia, to establish a Special Envoy for Somalia to strengthen United States support to the people of Somalia in their efforts to establish a lasting peace and form a democratically elected and stable central government, and for other purposes.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-02-04:/action/92611 2007-02-04T19:00:00Z Expressing deep concern over the use of civilians as "human shields" in violation of international humanitarian law and the law of war during armed conflict, including Hezbollah's tactic of embedding its forces among civilians to use them as human shields during the summer of 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and the State of Israel.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-30:/action/92323 2007-01-30T19:00:00Z Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as "comfort women", during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-30:/action/92345 2007-01-30T19:00:00Z A bill to abolish the death penalty under Federal law.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-16:/action/90837 2007-01-16T19:00:00Z A resolution expressing support for democratic forces in Serbia and encouraging the people of Serbia to remain committed to a democratic path.<br /><br /> tag:opencongress.org,2007-01-04:/action/89237 2007-01-04T19:00:00Z Expressing the sense of Congress that the people of the United States should grieve for the loss of life that defined the Third Reich and celebrate the continued education efforts for tolerance and justice, reaffirming the commitment of the United States to the fight against intolerance and prejudice in any form, and honoring the legacy of transparent procedure, government accountability, the rule of law, the pursuit of justice, and the struggle for universal freedom and human rights.<br /><br />