Bill Title: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of China has violated internationally recognized human rights and legal due process standards by carrying out executions after trials marred by procedural abuses and by carrying out arbitrary detentions targeting Uyghurs and other individuals in Xinjiang in the aftermath of a suppressed demonstration and ensuing mob violence on July 5 to 7, 2009.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-12-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. [HR953 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Representative Janice Schakowsky [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-IL-9	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Joseph Pitts [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-PA-16	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Frank Wolf [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-10	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
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Representative Anh Cao [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-LA-2	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Christopher Smith [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NJ-4	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James McGovern [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-2	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Heath Shuler [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-NC-11	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Maxine Waters [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-CA-43	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative James Moran [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-VA-8	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
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Senator Tammy Baldwin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Representative Bill Delahunt [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-MA-10	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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