US SR366 | 2011-2012 | 112th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Introduced on February 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-01 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S277; text as passed Senate: CR S277; text of measure as introduced: CR S265-266)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 1 2012 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-02-01 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S277; text as passed Senate: CR S277; text of measure as introduced: CR S265-266)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Honors the life of democracy activist Wilman Villar Mendoza and his sacrifice on behalf of the cause of freedom in Cuba, and extends condolences to Maritza Pelegrino Cabrales, the wife of Wilman Villar Mendoza, and their children. Condemns: (1) the Cuban regime for the death Wilman Villar Mendoza, and (2) the repression of basic human and civil rights by the Castro regime in Cuba. Calls on the democratic countries to insist on the release of all political prisoners and the cessation of violence, arbitrary arrests, and threats against peaceful demonstrators in Cuba, including threats against Maritza Pelegrino Cabrales and members of the Ladies in White (Damas de Blanco).
Title
A resolution honoring the life of dissident and democracy activist Wilman Villar Mendoza and condemning the Castro regime for the death of Wilman Villar Mendoza.
Sponsors
Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ] | Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA] | Sen. Bill Nelson [D-FL] | Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2012-02-01 | Senate | Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S277; text as passed Senate: CR S277; text of measure as introduced: CR S265-266) |
Same As/Similar To
SR354 (Same As) 2012-01-26 - Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (text of measure as introduced: CR S134-135)
Subjects
Caribbean area
Congressional tributes
Cuba
Detention of persons
Human rights
International affairs
Latin America
Protest and dissent
United Nations
Congressional tributes
Cuba
Detention of persons
Human rights
International affairs
Latin America
Protest and dissent
United Nations
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-resolution/366/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/sres366/BILLS-112sres366ats.pdf |