SRES 380 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

Introduced Feb 16, 2012 Originated Senate Sponsor Lindsey Graham R-SC

Latest action · Feb 16, 2012 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S858)

Progress

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IntroducedFeb 16, 2012
Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Affirms that it is a vital national interest of the United States to prevent the Islamic Republic of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability and warns that time is limited to prevent that from happening.

Urges increasing economic and diplomatic pressure on Iran to secure an agreement that includes: (1) suspension of all uranium enrichment-related and reprocessing activities, (2) complete cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) regarding Iran's nuclear activities, and (3) a permanent agreement that verifiably assures that Iran's nuclear program is entirely peaceful.

Supports: (1) the universal rights and democratic aspirations of the Iranian people, and (2) U.S. policy to prevent the Iranian government from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

Rejects any U.S. policy that would rely on efforts to contain a nuclear weapons-capable Iran.

Urges the President to reaffirm the unacceptability of an Iran with nuclear-weapons capability and oppose any policy that would rely on containment as an option in response to the Iranian nuclear threat.

Cosponsors 77

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 16, 2012 to May 17, 2012; 35 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-NE	Ben Nelson	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-FL	Bill Nelson	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-DE	Christopher A. Coons	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-MO	Claire McCaskill	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-IN	Daniel Coats	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-LA	David Vitter	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-NV	Dean Heller	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-ID	James E. Risch	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-AL	Jeff Sessions	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-AR	John Boozman	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-TX	John Cornyn	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-ND	John Hoeven	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-AZ	John McCain	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Feb 16, 2012
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-NH	Kelly Ayotte	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-NY	Kirsten E. Gillibrand	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-CO	Mark Udall	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-ME	Olympia J. Snowe	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-UT	Orrin G. Hatch	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-OH	Rob Portman	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-PA	Robert P. Casey Jr.	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-MA	Scott P. Brown	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Feb 16, 2012
R-ME	Susan M. Collins	Original	Feb 16, 2012
D-WV	Joe Manchin III		Feb 27, 2012
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Feb 27, 2012
D-RI	Sheldon Whitehouse		Feb 28, 2012
R-IA	Chuck Grassley		Feb 29, 2012
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Feb 29, 2012
D-NC	Kay R. Hagan		Feb 29, 2012
R-IL	Mark Kirk		Feb 29, 2012
R-ID	Mike Crapo		Feb 29, 2012
R-NC	Richard Burr		Feb 29, 2012
D-NJ	Frank R. Lautenberg		Mar 5, 2012
D-CO	Michael F. Bennet		Mar 5, 2012
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		Mar 5, 2012
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow		Mar 6, 2012
R-FL	Marco Rubio		Mar 6, 2012
D-VA	Mark R. Warner		Mar 6, 2012
R-UT	Mike Lee		Mar 6, 2012
R-IN	Richard G. Lugar		Mar 6, 2012
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper		Mar 6, 2012
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Mar 7, 2012
R-KY	Mitch McConnell		Mar 7, 2012
R-MS	Thad Cochran		Mar 7, 2012
R-NE	Mike Johanns		Mar 13, 2012
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Mar 13, 2012
R-WY	John Barrasso		Mar 20, 2012
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Mar 22, 2012
D-MT	Jon Tester		Mar 26, 2012
D-AK	Mark Begich		Mar 26, 2012
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Mar 26, 2012
D-MN	Amy Klobuchar		Mar 28, 2012
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka		Mar 28, 2012
D-HI	Daniel K. Inouye		Mar 28, 2012
R-OK	Tom Coburn		Mar 29, 2012
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV		Apr 17, 2012
D-WA	Patty Murray		Apr 19, 2012
R-WI	Ron Johnson		Apr 25, 2012
D-WI	Herb Kohl		Apr 26, 2012
R-SD	John Thune		May 8, 2012
D-WA	Maria Cantwell		May 8, 2012
R-AK	Lisa Murkowski		May 14, 2012
D-OR	Jeff Merkley		May 17, 2012
R-AL	Richard C. Shelby		May 17, 2012
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin		May 17, 2012

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 Feb 16, 2012

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 16, 2012Introduced in Senate
Feb 16, 2012Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S858)

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 S3253, S3254, S3256–S3258	Bob Corker R-TN, Harry Reid D-NV, John McCain R-AZ, Joseph I. Lieberman I-CT, Lindsey Graham R-SC, Robert Menendez D-NJ	May 17, 2012
Senate	Text printed S859	—	Feb 16, 2012

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
SJRES 41	A joint resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the nuclear program of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.	Related bill	Sep 25, 2012
HRES 568	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapons capability.	Related bill	May 17, 2012

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A resolution to express the sense of the Senate regarding the importance of preventing the Government of Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 16, 2012Introduced in Senate

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