A resolution calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Apr 14, 2011 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2554)
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.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2011
- Agreed to in SenateApr 14, 2011
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) members to reflect the author's repudiation of the Goldstone report's central findings, rescind the report, and reconsider further Council actions with respect to the report's findings.
Urges United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon to work with United Nations (U.N.) member states to reform UNRHC so that it no longer unfairly, disproportionately, and falsely criticizes Israel.
Requests Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon to do all in his power to redress the damage caused by the Goldstone report to Israel's reputation.
Urges the United States to take a leadership role in getting the U.N. and its bodies to prevent any further action on the report's findings and limit the damage that this libelous report has caused to Israel and to the reputation of the U.N.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 8, 2011 to May 4, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Original | Apr 8, 2011 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-MT | Max Baucus | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Apr 12, 2011 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-FL | Bill Nelson | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-IL | Mark Kirk | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| R-MA | Scott P. Brown | Apr 13, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-NE | Ben Nelson | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-MI | Carl Levin | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-LA | David Vitter | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-NJ | Frank R. Lautenberg | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-NH | Kelly Ayotte | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-NE | Mike Johanns | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 14, 2011 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | May 4, 2011 |
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 Apr 8, 2011Discharged Apr 14, 2011 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2011Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S2554)
- Apr 14, 2011Senate Committee on Foreign Relations discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2554)
- Apr 14, 2011Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S2554)
- Apr 8, 2011Introduced in Senate
- Apr 8, 2011Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2360-2361)
In the Congressional Record 2
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 S2554Text printed S2554 | Harry Reid D-NV | Apr 14, 2011 |
| Senate | Text printed S2360 | — | Apr 8, 2011 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution calling on the United Nations to rescind the Goldstone report, and for other purposes.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 14, 2011Agreed to Senate
- Apr 8, 2011Introduced in Senate
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