Supporting Charter 08 and the ideals of the Charter 08 movement.
Latest action · Feb 11, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 11, 2009
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Supports: (1) Charter 08 and its ideals; and (2) the Chinese people's efforts to secure liberty, the rule of law, representative government, and the protection of human rights.
Notes Chinese Communist Party (CCP) efforts to destroy the Charter 08 movement.
Calls upon the CCP to release Liu Xiaobo.
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2009 to Jun 26, 2009, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-FL | Ileana Ros-Lehtinen | Original | Feb 11, 2009 |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Feb 23, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Mar 3, 2009 | |
| R-CO | Doug Lamborn | Mar 4, 2009 | |
| R-OK | Mary Fallin | Mar 4, 2009 | |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Mar 5, 2009 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Mar 11, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Bob Inglis | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Gus M. Bilirakis | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 17, 2009 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Mar 18, 2009 | |
| R-LA | Anh "Joseph" Cao | Mar 24, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Apr 21, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Apr 28, 2009 |
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- Feb 11, 2009Introduced in House
- Feb 11, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Subjects
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- Feb 11, 2009Introduced in House
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