US SCR39 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 44-3)
Status: Introduced on June 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-04 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on June 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-04 - Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737)
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
This concurrent resolution condemns the President for ordering federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in the District of Columbia on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those protestors.
Title
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the constitutional rights of Americans to peaceably assemble, exercise freedom of speech, and petition the Government for redress of grievances must be respected; that violence and looting are unlawful, unacceptable, and contrary to the purpose of peaceful protests; and that Congress condemns the President of the United States for ordering Federal officers to use gas and rubber bullets against the Americans who were peaceably protesting in Lafayette Square in Washington, DC on the night of June 1, 2020, thereby violating the constitutional rights of those peaceful protestors.
Sponsors
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-06-04 | Senate | Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S2737) |
Subjects
Civil rights and liberties, minority issues
Crimes against property
District of Columbia
First Amendment rights
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime
Crimes against property
District of Columbia
First Amendment rights
Law enforcement administration and funding
Law enforcement officers
Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
Protest and dissent
Racial and ethnic relations
Violent crime
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/39/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/sconres39/BILLS-116sconres39is.pdf |