Tag: resolution

CCP Passes Historic Resolution Elevating Xi Jinping’s Standing

China’s leader Xi Jinping cemented his authority on Nov. 11 by directing the ruling Chinese Communist Party to approve a historic resolution that sought to place Xi as an equal among the most influential figures in the regime’s history. “Establishing Xi Jinping’s core position to the Central Committee and the entire Party,” as well as…


CCP Mouthpiece Media Play Up Xi’s Achievements Before Party Conclave

Just days before the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) sixth plenary session, the party’s mouthpiece media published a series of articles spotlighting Xi Jinping’s “achievements.” International observers point out that what Xi has done could be categorized as regressive. The articles praised Xi for his “foresight,” being “wise and decisive,” and “a…


US House Committee Moves to Block Rio Tinto’s Resolution Mine

A U.S. House of Representatives committee has voted to include language in a wider budget reconciliation package that would block Rio Tinto Ltd from building its Resolution copper mine in Arizona. The San Carlos Apache tribe and other Native Americans say the mine would destroy sacred land where they hold religious ceremonies. Elected officials in…


Democrats Unveil $3.5 Trillion Social Safety Net and Climate Change Spending Blueprint

Senate Democrats on Monday unveiled a draft budget resolution that maps $3.5 trillion in spending, including for paid medical leave, two years of tuition-free community college, and a bevy of climate change fighting initiatives. Senate Budget Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) released the budget plan on Monday (pdf), saying in a statement that Democrats…


Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Censure ‘The Squad’ for ‘Inciting Anti-Semitic Attacks’

A group of U.S. lawmakers introduced a censure resolution against four House Democrats, accusing them of defending terrorist organizations and inciting anti-Semitic attacks across the nation. The resolution, introduced by Reps. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.), Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.), seeks to censure Reps. Ilhan Omar, (D-Minn.), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (D-N.Y.), Ayanna Pressley, (D-Mass.), and…


Texas Adopts Resolution Combating Communist China’s ‘Murder in the Form of Forced Organ Harvesting’

Texas on June 7 signed into law a resolution condemning the Chinese regime’s systematic killing of prisoners of conscience for their organs. Every year, thousands of individuals from around the world who are desperately ill fly to China, where they could get an organ transplant surgery in as short as two weeks. In doing so,…


Virginia County Passes Resolution in Support of Falun Gong

Loudoun County recently became the fourth county in Virginia this year to pass a resolution to express support toward Falun Gong and condemn the Chinese Communist Party for killing practitioners for their organs. “The killing of religious or political prisoners for the purpose of selling their organs for transplant is an egregious and intolerable violation…


Virginia County Passes Resolution Condemning Forced Organ Harvesting in China

A Virginia county on Jan. 27 unanimously adopted a resolution condemning forced organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience in China, particularly from adherents of the spiritual group Falun Gong. While “there has been little media coverage of this problem,” dozens of residents in the state’s Frederick County have come forward to voice concerns, the resolution…