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]

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.

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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.

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History

DateChamberAction
2019-12-18HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties.
2019-11-22HouseReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
2019-11-22HouseIntroduced in House

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