WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Political persecution

S. 3114, The Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3114 would provide safeguards against faulty asylum procedures, and it would improve conditions of detention for detainees....

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H.R. 6094, The World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008

Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6094 would hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals....

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S. 3007, The World War II War Crimes Accountability Act of 2008

Mon, 12 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3007 would hold the surviving Nazi war criminals accountable for the war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity they committed during World War II, by encouraging foreign governments to more efficiently prosecute and extradite wanted criminals....

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H.R. 5970, The Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008

Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 5970 would amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act....

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H.R. 275, The Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1.05

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 275 would promote freedom of expression on the Internet and protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments....

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P.L. 110-286, The Block Burmese JADE (Junta's Anti-Democratic Efforts) Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.28

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3890 would amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the visa ban is applicable, and expand the blocking of assets and other prohibited activities....

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S. 2257, The Burma Democracy Promotion Act of 2007

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2257 would impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, it would amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, and it would promote a coordinated international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma....

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S. 2172, The Saffron Revolution Support Act of 2007

Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 2172 would impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, it would prohibit the importation of gems and hardwoods from Burma, and it would support democracy in Burma....

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H.R. 3096, The Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.20

Fri, 07 Sep 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3096 would promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam....

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S. 1500, The Support for Democracy and Human Rights in Zimbabwe Act of 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $0.10

Tue, 10 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1500 would support democracy and human rights in Zimbabwe....

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S. 1639, A bill to provide for comprehensive immigration reform and for other purposes

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 1639 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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H.R. 2486, The President Gerald R. Ford Iraqi Ally and Refugee Responsibility Memorial Act of 2007

Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2486 would keep faith with the thousands of Iraqi nationals who have risked everything by assisting and working for the United States Government and United States Armed Forces in Iraq....

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H.R. 2265, The Responsibility to Iraqi Refugees Act of 2007

Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2265 would provide special immigrant status for certain Iraqis, and it would assist Iraqi refugees....

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H.R. 2228, The Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007

Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2228 would encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia....

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S. 621, The Wartime Treatment Study Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 621 would establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II....

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S. Con. Res. 25, A concurrent resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

A concurrent resolution condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society....

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H. Con. Res. 100, Condemning the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H. Con. Res. 100 would condemn the recent violent actions of the Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and members of civil society....

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H.R. 1645, The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1645 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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S. 844, The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2007

Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 844 would provide for the protection of unaccompanied alien children....

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H.R. 1185, The Wartime Treatment Study Act

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1185 would establish commissions to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II....

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H. Con. Res. 50, Calling on the Government of Venezuela to uphold the human rights and civil liberties of the people of Venezuela

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

Calling on the Government of Venezuela to uphold the human rights and civil liberties of the people of Venezuela....

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S. 2611, The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 - Cost per Average Family: $307.53

Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:00:00 EDT

The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 would amend laws governing immigration, authorize numerous initiatives to improve enforcement of those laws, and increase the limits on legal immigration....

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S. 1354, The Wartime Treatment Study Act - Cost per Average Family: $0.01

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 00:00:00 EST

S. 1354 would establish two commissions, the Commission on Wartime Treatment of European Americans and the Commission on Wartime Treatment of Jewish Refugees. The first commission would review the conduct of the United States government during World War II towards European Americans and European Latin Americans. The second commission would focus on the government�s treatment of Jewish refugees during World War II. Each commission, consisting of seven members, would have 18 months to report on it...

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S. 119, The Unaccompanied Alien Child Protection Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $0.06

Fri, 29 Apr 2005 00:00:00 EDT

S. 119 would change federal immigration procedures as they relate to certain unauthorized alien children under age 18 who are in the United States without a legal parent or guardian. This bill would authorize funding to establish a pilot program at three sites that would assign legal guardians to such children. The legislation also would provide free legal counsel for all children during their immigration proceedings....

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H.R. 418, The REAL ID Act of 2005 - Cost per Average Family: $1.04

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 418 would authorize the appropriation of such sums as necessary for fiscal years 2005 through 2009 for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to make grants to states to cover the costs of improving the security of driver¿s licenses as required by the bill. The legislation also would make changes to current immigration law that aim to prevent the entry of suspected terrorists into the United States....

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