Commemorating the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday and the role that it played in ensuring the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Action history

1. 2010-03-17Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2. 2010-03-16Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
3. 2010-03-16Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
4. 2010-03-11Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
5. 2010-03-10Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
6. 2010-03-10On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 0 (Roll no. 99).
7. 2010-03-10Considered as unfinished business.
8. 2010-03-10At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
9. 2010-03-10DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Con. Res. 249.
10. 2010-03-10Considered under suspension of the rules.
11. 2010-03-10Mr. Cohen moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution.
12. 2010-03-04Introduced in House
13. 2010-03-04Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.