US HR731 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on November 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on November 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-12-18 - Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
Pending: House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
This resolution (1) condemns the tweet made by the President on October 22, 2019, drawing a moral equivalence between the exercise of the impeachment power conferred on the House of Representatives by the Constitution and lynching; and (2) calls upon all Americans to read, celebrate, and revere the Constitution.
Title
Condemning the inflammatory and racially offensive statement of the President of the United States suggesting falsely a moral equivalence between the domestic terrorist act of lynching and the constitutionally provided congressional impeachment power.
Sponsors
Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2019-12-18 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties. |
2019-11-22 | House | Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. |
2019-11-22 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Civics education
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government operations and politics
Hate crimes
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Terrorism
Violent crime
Congressional oversight
Constitution and constitutional amendments
Government operations and politics
Hate crimes
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Racial and ethnic relations
Terrorism
Violent crime
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-resolution/731/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hres731/BILLS-116hres731ih.pdf |