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

S.RES.522
Introduced: 
April 17, 2008
110
Second
April 22, 2008
Passed in Senate

99 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 H. Con. Res. 322 of 4/4/08; 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.

Sponsor/Cosponsors:

Daniel Akaka(D-HI)Lamar Alexander(R-TN)Wayne Allard(R-CO)John Barrasso(R-WY)
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Daniel Akaka(D-HI)Lamar Alexander(R-TN)Wayne Allard(R-CO)John Barrasso(R-WY)Max Baucus(D -MT)Evan Bayh(D-IN)Robert Bennett(R-UT)Joe Biden(D-DE)Jeff Bingaman(D -NM)Christopher Bond(R -MO)Barbara Boxer(D-CA)Sherrod Brown(D-OH)Sam Brownback(R-KS)Jim Bunning(R-KY)Richard Burr(R-NC)Robert Byrd(D-WV)Maria Cantwell(D-WA)Ben Cardin(D-MD)Tom Carper(D-DE)Bob Casey Jr.(D-PA)Saxby Chambliss(R-GA)Hillary Clinton(D-)Tom Coburn(R-OK)Thad Cochran(R-MS)Norm Coleman(R-MN)Mac Collins(R-GA)Kent Conrad(D-ND)Bob Corker(R-TN)John Cornyn(R-TX)Larry Craig(R-ID)Mike Crapo(R-ID)James DeMint(R-SC)Christopher Dodd(D-CT)Elizabeth Dole(R-NC)Peter Domenici(R-NM)Byron Dorgan(D-ND)Dick Durbin(D-IL)John Ensign(R-NV)Mike Enzi(R-WY)Russ Feingold(D-WI)Dianne Feinstein(D-CA)Lindsey Graham(R-SC)Chuck Grassley(R -IA)Judd Gregg(R-NH)Chuck Hagel(R-NE)Tom Harkin(D-IA)Orrin Hatch(R-UT)Kay Bailey Hutchison(R-TX)James Inhofe(R-OK)Daniel Inouye(D-HI)Johnny Isakson(R-GA)Tim Johnson(D-SD)Edward Kennedy(D-MA)John Kerry(D-MA)Amy Klobuchar(D-MN)Herb Kohl(D-WI)Jon Kyl(R-AZ)Mary Landrieu(D-LA)Frank Lautenberg(D-NJ)Patrick Leahy(D-VT)Carl Levin(D-MI)Joe Lieberman(I-CT)Blanche Lincoln(D-AR)Richard Lugar(R-IN)Mel Martinez(R-FL)John McCain(R-AZ)Claire McCaskill(D-MO)Mitch McConnell(R-KY)Robert Menendez(D-NJ)Barbara Mikulski(D-MD)Lisa Murkowski(R-AK)Patty Murray(D-WA)Ben Nelson(D-NE)Bill Nelson(D-FL)Barack Obama(D-IL)Mark Pryor(D-AR)Jack Reed(D-RI)Pat Roberts(R-KS)Jay Rockefeller(D-WV)Ken Salazar(D-CO)Bernie Sanders(I-VT)Charles Schumer(D-)Jeff Sessions(R-AL)Richard Shelby(R-AL)Gordon Smith(R-OR)Olympia Snowe(R-ME)Arlen Specter(R-PA)Debbie Stabenow(D-MI)Ted Stevens(R-AK)John Sununu(R-NH)Jon Tester(D-MT)John Thune(R-SD)David Vitter(R-LA)George Voinovich(R-OH)John Warner(R-VA)James Webb(D-VA)Sheldon Whitehouse(D-RI)Roger Wicker(R-MS)Ron Wyden(D-OR)

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Legislation Topics

Israel/Israelis Jerusalem Jews