A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should pardon the 5 rabbis who were sentenced to prison on December 12, 1985, for peacefully demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union on behalf of persecuted Jewish cultural activists and teachers of Hebrew.

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17 December 1985

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Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should grant pardons to Rabbis Leonard Cahan, David Oler, Bruce Kahn, Mark Levine, and H. Steven Bayar, who were sentenced to prison for demonstrating at the Embassy of the Soviet Union.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-resolution/346
Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/hres/346