A resolution urging the international community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Sudan with essential tactical and utility helicopters.
Latest action · Feb 8, 2008 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S820)
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.
- IntroducedJan 28, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateFeb 8, 2008
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Urges: (1) the members of the international community, including the United States, that possess the capability to expeditiously provide the tactical and utility helicopters needed for the United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur to do so as soon as possible; and (2) the President to personally ask other heads of state to contribute aircraft and crews for the Darfur mission.
Cosponsors 33
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2008 to Feb 7, 2008; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jan 28, 2008 |
| R-IN | Richard G. Lugar | Original | Jan 28, 2008 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jan 28, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jan 28, 2008 |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Jan 29, 2008 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-CT | Christopher J. Dodd | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Feb 4, 2008 | |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-NE | Chuck Hagel | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Feb 5, 2008 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Feb 6, 2008 | |
| R-TN | Bob Corker | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Feb 7, 2008 | |
| R-MS | Thad Cochran | Feb 7, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Foreign Relations Committee | Referred Jan 28, 2008Discharged Feb 8, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2008Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S820)
- Feb 8, 2008Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S820)
- Feb 8, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S820)
- Jan 28, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Jan 28, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S398)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H1762 | James P. McGovern D-MA | Mar 14, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S820Text printed S820 | Harry Reid D-NV, Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Feb 8, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S398Text printed S397 | Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE | Jan 28, 2008 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 1245 | Urging the international community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur with essential tactical and utility helicopters. | Related bill | Jun 5, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution urging the international community to provide the United Nations-African Union Mission in Sudan with essential tactical and utility helicopters.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2008Agreed to Senate
- Jan 28, 2008Introduced in Senate
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