Religious-persecution bill buried by Senate.(Brief Article)

From: The Christian Century | Date: August 12, 1998 | Copyright information

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 23 apparently killed, at least for the rest of the summer, a bill designed to penalize countries that engage in religious persecution. The committee removed the bill, sponsored by Don Nickles (R., Okla.), from its docket for consideration after it became apparent that at least three of the panel's ten Republicans planned to join the eight Democrats in voting to reject the measure.

Nickles's bill was a more moderate version...

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