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House concurrent resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law

Expressing the sense of Congress that the Government of the United States should support democracy, the rule of law, and human rights in the Republic of Nicaragua and work cooperatively with regional and international organizations to bolster Nicaraguan efforts to establish the requisite conditions for free, fair, transparent, and inclusive presidential and legislative elections in 2006.

H.Con.Res. 252Introduced Sep 27, 2005Policy area: International Affairs
Sponsor: Rep. Dan Burton R-IN
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Where it went

Latest action: Jan 27, 2006 — Referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

30 cosponsors — 25 Republicans, 5 Democrats

5 of 30 cosponsors (17%) are from the other party.

Roy Blunt (R-MO), Kevin Brady (R-TX), Stephen Buyer (R-IN), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), David Dreier (R-CA), Eni Faleomavaega (D-AS), Luis Fortuno (R-PR), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Katherine Harris (R-FL), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Ron Lewis (R-KY), Connie Mack (R-FL), Kenny Marchant (R-TX), Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Michael Oxley (R-OH), Mike Pence (R-IN), Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Christopher Smith (R-NJ), Mark Souder (R-IN), Thomas Tancredo (R-CO), Gerald Weller (R-IL), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Frank Wolf (R-VA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Dan Burton.

Sponsor’s state and district

Indiana in Congress · IN-5 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.