A resolution condemning ongoing sales of arms to belligerents in Sudan, including the Government of Sudan, and calling for both a cessation of such sales and an expansion of the United Nations embargo on arms sales to Sudan.
Latest action · Sep 27, 2008 Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
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.
- IntroducedSep 15, 2008
- Agreed to in SenateSep 27, 2008
Summary
Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) the United States should seek a peaceful resolution to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan, and should continue to pursue a political solution to the deployment of the United Nations-African Union Mission peacekeeping forces in Darfur; (2) the United States supports U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1556 and 1591 imposing an arms embargo on all belligerents in Darfur; (3) in light of the transferred arms in Darfur from China and Russia and the government of Sudan's insistence that it will not abide by the embargo, all U.N. member states should cease all arms sales to the government of Sudan; and (4) the U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations should seek an expansion of the arms embargo imposed by Resolutions 1556 and 1591.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 15, 2008 to Sep 26, 2008; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-NY | Hillary Rodham Clinton | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-FL | Mel Martinez | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-WI | Russell D. Feingold | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| R-KS | Sam Brownback | Original | Sep 15, 2008 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-IA | Tom Harkin | Sep 17, 2008 | |
| D-NM | Jeff Bingaman | Sep 18, 2008 | |
| R-OH | George V. Voinovich | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| R-OR | Gordon H. Smith | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| R-NH | John E. Sununu | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-LA | Mary L. Landrieu | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| R-GA | Saxby Chambliss | Sep 22, 2008 | |
| D-PA | Arlen Specter | Sep 23, 2008 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Sep 23, 2008 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Sep 26, 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 Sep 15, 2008Discharged Sep 27, 2008 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2008Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 27, 2008Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S10019)
- Sep 27, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with an amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
- Sep 15, 2008Introduced in Senate
- Sep 15, 2008Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8532-8533)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S10019, S10023Amendments S10015, S10019 | Bill Nelson D-FL (amendment), James M. Inhofe R-OK (amendment), Mary L. Landrieu D-LA | Sep 27, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8920–S8922 | James M. Inhofe R-OK | Sep 17, 2008 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8532Text printed S8531 | Bill Nelson D-FL | Sep 15, 2008 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this resolution.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 5675 | To improve the resolution. | Bill Nelson D-FL | Amendment SA 5675 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 1462 | Condemning ongoing sales of arms to belligerents in Sudan, including the Government of Sudan, and calling for both a cessation of such sales and an expansion of the United Nations embargo on arms sales to Sudan. | Identical bill | Sep 18, 2008 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution condemning ongoing sales of arms to belligerents in Sudan, including the Government of Sudan, and calling for both a cessation of such sales and an expansion of the United Nations embargo on arms sales to Sudan.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
- Africa (Sub-Saharan)
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Arms sales
- China
- East Asia
- Embargo
- Foreign Trade and International Finance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Insurgency
- International Affairs
- International military forces
- Peace negotiations
- Peacekeeping forces
- Regionalism (International organization)
- Russia
- Sanctions (International law)
- Sudan
- United Nations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2008Agreed to Senate
- Sep 15, 2008Introduced in Senate
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