S.Res.80 on the Baha’is in Iran
On March 1, 2011, U.S. Senators from Illinois Mark Kirk and Dick Durbin introduced a resolution condemning the Iranian government for its state-sponsored persecution of Baha’is, Iran’s largest non-Muslim religious minority, and its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights.
S.Res.80 passed in the Senate on March 29, 2012 by unanimous consent.
Contact your senators to express your appreciation for supporting the Baha’is in Iran if their names are shown on the list of cosponsors below. To email or call your senators, click here.
2011-12 CO-SPONSORS (31 total, in chronological order)
(For an alphabetical view, go to the Library of Congress Thomas page.)
Sen Kirk, Mark Steven [IL] (introduced 3/1/2011)
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] – 3/1/2011
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] – 3/15/2011
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] – 4/6/2011
Sen Kohl, Herb [WI] – 4/6/2011
Sen Johanns, Mike [NE] – 4/8/2011
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] – 4/14/2011
Sen Whitehouse, Sheldon [RI] – 4/14/2011
Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] – 4/14/2011
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] – 5/2/2011
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] – 5/2/2011
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] – 5/2/2011
Sen Merkley, Jeff [OR] – 5/3/2011
Sen Begich, Mark [AK] – 5/9/2011
Sen Blumenthal, Richard [CT] – 5/10/2011
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] – 5/11/2011
Sen Moran, Jerry [KS] – 5/17/2011
Sen Rubio, Marco [FL] – 5/19/2011
Sen Levin, Carl [MI] – 6/14/2011
Sen Boozman, John [AR] – 6/14/2011
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA] – 6/21/2011
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] – 6/22/2011
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] – 6/28/2011
Sen Casey, Robert P., Jr. [PA] – 7/5/2011
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] – 7/7/2011
Sen Tester, Jon [MT] – 7/18/2011
Sen Menendez, Robert [NJ] – 7/25/2011
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] – 8/2/2011
Sen Bennet, Michael F. [CO] – 8/2/2011
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [MN] – 10/3/2011
Sen Wyden, Ron [OR] – 2/15/2012
BICAMERAL RESOLUTIONS
A simultaneous resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives was introduced by congressmen also from Illinois. Click to read about H.Res.134 and track co-sponsors. Please continue to refer to http://iran.bahai.us/ for updates.
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