Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the founding of the modern State of Israel and reaffirming the bonds of close friendship and cooperation between the United States and Israel

H.CON.RES.322
Introduced: 
April 4, 2008
110
Second
April 28, 2008
Passed by both House and Senate

279 cosponsors

Also states that “Israel is an outgrowth of the existence of the historic kingdom of Israel established in the Land of Israel 3,000 years ago, with the city of Jerusalem as its capital” and it “recognizes . . . Israel as a homeland for the Jewish people.”

See also: companion measure S. Res. 522 of 4/17/08; and related measures H. Con. Res. 131 of 4/25/07 and S. Res. 175 of 4/26/07.

Passed in Senate by unanimous consent (4/24/08 passed in House 417-0).

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Gary Ackerman(D-)Rodney Alexander(R-LA)Tom Allen(D-ME)Jason Altmire(D-PA)Robert Andrews(D-NJ)Michael Arcuri(D-)Joe Baca(D-CA)Michele Marie Bachmann(R-MN)Gresham Barrett(R-SC)John Barrow(D-GA)Roscoe Bartlett(R-MD)Melissa Bean(D-IL)Shelly Berkley(D-NV)Howard Berman(D-CA)Judy Biggert(R-IL)Gus Bilirakis(R-FL)Timothy Bishop(D-)Sanford Jr Bishop(D-GA)Rob Bishop(R-UT)Marsha Blackburn(R-TN)Earl Blumenauer(D-OR)Roy Blunt(R-MO)John Boehner(R-OH)Mary Bono(R-CA)John Boozman(R-AR)Madeleine Bordallo(D-)Dan Boren(D-OK)Leonard Boswell(D-IA)Allen Boyd(D-FL)Robert Brady(D-PA)Paul Jr. Broun(R-GA)Corrine Brown(D-FL)Henry Brown(R-SC)Vernon Buchanan(R-FL)Dan Burton(R-IN)Ken Calvert(R-CA)Chris Cannon(R-UT)Eric Cantor(R-VA)Lois Capps(D-CA)Michael Capuano(D-MA)Dennis Cardoza(D-CA)Russ Carnahan(D-MO)Chris Carney(D-PA)Andre Carson(D-IN)Michael Castle(R-DE)Kathy Castor(D-FL)Steve Chabot(R-OH)Ben Chandler(D-KY)Yvette Clarke(D-)William Clay Jr(D-MO)Emanuel Cleaver(D-MO)James Clyburn(D-SC)Howard Coble(R-NC)Stephen Cohen(D-TN)Jim Costa(D-CA)Jerry Costello(D-IL)Joe Courtney(D-CT)Ander Crenshaw(R-FL)Joseph Crowley(D-)Barbara Cubin(R-WY)Henry Cuellar(D-TX)Elijah Cummings(D-MD)Artur Davis(D-AL)Danny Davis(D-IL)Geoff Davis(R-KY)Lincoln Davis(D-TN)Susan Davis(D-CA)Tom Davis(R-VA)Bill Delahunt(D-MA)Rosa Delauro(D-CT)Lincoln Diaz-Balart(R-FL)Mario Diaz-Balart(R-FL)John Dingell(D-MI)Joe Donnelly(D-IN)John Doolittle(R-CA)Mike Doyle(D-PA)Keith Ellison(D-MN)Brad Ellsworth(D-IN)Rahm Emanuel(D-IL)Eliot Engel(D-)Bob Etheridge(D-NC)Eni Faleomavaega(D-AS)Mary Fallin(R-OK)Sam Farr(D-CA)Chaka Fattah(D-PA)Tom Feeney(R-FL)Mike Ferguson(R-NJ)Bob Filner(D-CA)Jeff Flake(R-AZ)Luis Fortuno(R-)Vito Fossella(R-)Bill Foster(D-IL)Virginia Foxx(R-NC)Barney Frank(D-MA)Trent Franks(R-AZ)Elton Gallegly(R-CA)Scott Garrett(R-NJ)Jim Gerlach(R-PA)Gabrielle Giffords(D-AZ)Kirsten Gillibrand(D-)Louis Jr. Gohmert(R-TX)Charlie Gonzalez(D-TX)Bart Gordon(D-TN)Kay Granger(R-TX)Al Green(D-TX)Gene Green(D-TX)Luis Gutierrez(D-IL)John Hall(D-)Phillip Hare(D-IL)Jane Harman(D-CA)Alcee Hastings(D-FL)Doc Hastings(R-WA)Robin Hayes(R-NC)Dean Heller(R-NV)Jeb Hensarling(R-TX)Wally Herger(R-CA)Brian Higgins(D-)Paul Hodes(D-NH)Peter Hoekstra(R-MI)Tim Holden(D-PA)Rush Holt(D-NJ)Mike Honda(D-CA)Steny Hoyer(D-MD)Bob Inglis(R-SC)Steve Israel(D-)Jesse Jackson Jr(D-IL)Sheila Jackson-Lee(D-TX)Hank Johnson(D-GA)Timothy Johnson(R-IL)Stephanie Tubbs Jones(D-OH)James Jordan(R-OH)Steve Kagen(D-WI)Patrick Kennedy(D-RI)Dale Kildee(D-MI)Ron Kind(D-WI)Pete King(R-)Steven King(R-IA)Mark Kirk(R-IL)Ron Klein(D-FL)John Kline(R-MN)Joe Knollenberg(R-MI)Dennis Kucinich(D-OH)John Kuhl Jr(R-)Douglas Lamborn(R-CO)Nick Lampson(D-TX)Jim Langevin(D-RI)Rick Larsen(D-WA)John Larson(D-CT)Tom Latham(R-IA)Robert Latta(R-OH)Sander Levin(D-MI)Jerry Lewis(R-CA)John Lewis(D-GA)John Linder(R-GA)Daniel Lipinski(D-IL)Frank Lobiondo(R-NJ)Zoe Lofgren(D-CA)Nita Lowey(D-)Dan Lungren(R-CA)Stephen Lynch(D-MA)Connie Mack(R-FL)Tim Mahoney(D-FL)Carolyn Maloney(D-)Don Manzullo(R-IL)Kenny Ewell Marchant(R-TX)Edward Markey(D-MA)Jim Marshall(D-GA)Jim Matheson(D-UT)Doris Matsui(D-CA)Carolyn McCarthy(D-)Kevin McCarthy(R-CA)Betty McCollum(D-MN)Thaddeus McCotter(R-MI)Jim McDermott(D-WA)James McGovern(D-MA)Patrick McHenry(R-NC)John McHugh(R-)Cathy McMorris Rodgers(R-WA)Jerry McNerney(D-CA)Michael McNulty(D-)Kendrick Meek(D-FL)Mike Michaud(D-ME)Gary Miller(R-CA)Brad Miller(D-NC)Harry Mitchell(D-AZ)Dennis Moore(D-KS)Gwen Moore(D-WI)Jim Moran(D-VA)Chris Murphy(D-CT)Patrick Murphy(D-PA)Tim Murphy(R-PA)Jerrold Nadler(D-NY)Randy Neugebauer(R-TX)Devin Gerald Nunes(R-CA)Frank Pallone Jr(D-NJ)Bill Pascrell Jr(D-NJ)Donald Payne(D-NJ)Mike Pence(R-IN)Edwin Perlmutter(D-CO)Todd Platts(R-PA)Ted Poe(R-TX)Earl Pomeroy(D-ND)Jon Porter(R-NV)David Price(D-NC)Tom Price(R-GA)Adam Putnam(R-FL)George Radanovich(R-CA)Charles Rangel(D-)Denny Rehberg(R-MT)Dave Reichert(R-WA)Sylvestre Reyes(D-TX)Tom Reynolds(R-)Ciro Rodriguez(D-TX)Hal Rogers(R-KY)Mike J. Rogers(R-MI)Ileana Ros-Lehtinen(R-FL)Steve Rothman(D-NJ)Lucille Roybal-Allard(D-CA)Ed Royce(R-CA)Paul Ryan(R-WI)Tim Ryan(D-OH)William Sali(R-ID)Linda Sanchez(D-CA)Loretta Sanchez(D-CA)Paul Sarbanes(D-MD)Jim Saxton(R-NJ)Jan Schakowsky(D-IL)Adam Schiff(D-CA)Jean Schmidt(R-OH)Allyson Schwartz(D-PA)David Scott(D-GA)Robert Scott(D-VA)Jose Serrano(D-)Pete Sessions(R-TX)Joe Sestak(D-PA)John Shadegg(R-AZ)Christopher Shays(R-CT)Brad Sherman(D-CA)Bill Shuster(R-PA)Albio Sires(D-NJ)Ike Skelton(D-MO)Louise McIntosh Slaughter(D-)Lamar Smith(R-TX)Chris Smith(R-NJ)Adrian Smith(R-NE)Hilda Solis(D-CA)Mark Souder(R-IN)Zachary Space(D-OH)Cliff Stearns(R-FL)Bart Stupak(D-MI)Betty Sue Sutton(D-OH)John Tanner(D-TN)Ellen Tauscher(D-CA)Lee Terry(R-NE)Mike Thompson(D-CA)Patrick Tiberi(R-OH)Edolphus Towns(D-)Niki Tsongas(D-MA)Mark Udall(D-CO)Tom Udall(D-NM)Chris Van Hollen(D-MD)Pete Visclosky(D-IN)Greg Walden(R -OR)Timothy Walz(D-MN)Zach Wamp(R-TN)Debbie Wasserman-Shultz(D-FL)Henry Waxman(D-CA)Anthony Weiner(D-)Peter Welch(D-VT)Robert Wexler(D-FL)Joe Wilson(R-SC)Robert Wittman(R-VA)Frank Wolf(R-VA)David Wu(D-OR)Albert Wynn(D-MD)John Yarmuth(D-KY)C W Bill Young(R-FL)Don Young(R-AK)

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