HRES 97 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 29, 2005 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 3.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

  1. IntroducedFeb 15, 2005
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial interpretations of the U.S. Constitution should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution.

Cosponsors 84

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 15, 2005 to Jul 19, 2006, with 37 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-VABob GoodlatteOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-MSCharles W. "Chip" PickeringOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-UTChris CannonOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-INChris ChocolaOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-FLConnie MackOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-FLDave WeldonOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-CAElton GalleglyOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-VAEric CantorOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-FLGinny Brown-WaiteOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-AZJ. D. HayworthOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-VAJ. Randy ForbesOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-VAJo Ann DavisOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-SCJoe WilsonOriginalFeb 15, 2005
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalFeb 15, 2005

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 29, 2005Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by the Yeas and Nays: 8 - 3.
  2. Sep 29, 2005Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  3. Jul 19, 2005Subcommittee Hearings Held.
  4. Apr 4, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
  5. Feb 15, 2005Introduced in House

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.

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