A proposal to proclaim that on District of Columbia license plates has been unanimously co-sponsored by City Council members to protest the fact that residents pay $2 billion in annual federal taxes but have failed repeatedly to gain a voting representative in Congress.
Last year, the Senate unanimously passed legislation, sponsored by Mr. Kerry and Dr. Frist, that would have sharply increased global AIDS financing, and authorized $2.2 billion for the global fund over the next two years.
Nassau's bill, sponsored unanimously by all 19 members of the County Legislature, will go to a committee hearing this month and is expected to come up for a full vote in September.
In a proposal approved unanimously today and sponsored by Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, and Senator Joseph Biden, a Delaware Democrat, maximum prison terms for executives convicted on some types of conspiracy charges would be increased to the same maximum term for the underlying infraction.
Last week, the United Nations Security Council unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by France, the nation's former colonial power, demanding that the weak interim government put in place after rebels took over adhere to previously-negotiated plans to hold elections in early 2015.
In a welcome show of unity, the United Nations General Assembly last week unanimously approved a resolution sponsored by Denmark taking a strong stand against torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Last month, the Council unanimously approved a resolution he sponsored in support of protected status for Haitians.
The Senate unanimously approved a nonbinding resolution sponsored by Neil D. Breslin, a Democrat from the Albany area, that declared the furloughs illegal and asked Mr. Paterson to resubmit his emergency bill without the furlough language.
The Senate also unanimously passed a separate resolution, sponsored by Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Corker, a Republican from Tennessee, that specifically said the Senate "believes Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is responsible for the murder of Jamal Khashoggi," a Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist.
A resolution sponsored by France and unanimously approved by the 15 members of the Council also called upon Rwanda, which has backed the insurgent movement, the Congolese Rally for Democracy, to use its influence to make the rebels withdraw.
