US Congress Senate Resolution 72 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 10 2009 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2979-2980)
Pending: Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expresses the sense of the Senate that: (1) Mexico is a key strategic partner of the United States; (2) increasing violence and criminality of drug trafficking organizations threaten the people of the United States and Mexico and is a "cross-border" problem requiring close U.S.-Mexico cooperation; (3) efforts by President Felipe Calderón and his government and the people of Mexico to confront the drug trafficking organizations should be supported; and (4) the U.S. government should employ its diplomatic and law enforcement resources, in partnership with the government of Mexico and governments throughout the Americas, to defeat drug-related criminal enterprises.

A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate regarding drug trafficking in Mexico.

Sen Kerry, John F.	Sen Menendez, Robert	Sen Dodd, Christopher J.	Sen Feinstein, Dianne
Sen Nelson, Bill	Sen Burris, Roland	Sen Lugar, Richard G.

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-10		Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2979-2980)

HR258 (Same As) 2009-03-18 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:SE00072:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111sres72is/pdf/BILLS-111sres72is.pdf