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Links to the lists of co-sponsors will appear here on May 20th, under each of the resolutions' titles beloware available here, below each Resolution’s name. Please note that all information on the lists was provided by those using the form and signing a statement of validity. The Resolutions Committee did not verify or confirm any of the lists. |
This page presents the footnotes and appendices for resolutions included in the Resolutions Committee’s report with final texts, published May 14, 2022.
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You can find footnotes and appendices for each resolution below (save those with no additional information). Lists , along with links to lists of co-sponsors will be linked here once the lists are closed, no later than 12 hours before the start of the Global Meeting.
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Resolution Directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when electing delegates under future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)
1 For purposes of this Resolution, a “military family member” is an individual who has List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution directing Democrats Abroad (DA) to Include Veterans and Military Family Members under Representation Goals when Electing Delegates under Future Delegate Selection Plans (DSPs)
Footnotes
1 For purposes of this Resolution, a “military family member” is an individual who has a direct familial relationship with a past or present U.S. service-member who identifies as the individual’s biological/adopted/step parent/guardian, sibling, grandparent, aunt/uncle, cousin, spouse, in-laws, child(ren), grandchild(ren), step-family members, ex-spouse, and widow/widower. This broad definition by the DA Veterans and Military Families Caucus strives to be as inclusive rather than exclusive as possible, and is consistent with what defines a “military family member” as stated by the DNC Veterans and Military Families Council. Other definitions of what constitute a “military family” – such as government benefits eligibility – are highlighted on pages 11-12 in the following scholarly report:
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Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be transferred from the DVA to the ABMC
Appendix
In 1928 the American Legion List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution to Keep the Pershing Hall Collection and the Time Capsule in France as part of its Cultural Patrimony and as a Memorial to American Veterans of World Wars I and II; and that its Oversight be Transferred from the DVA to the ABMC
Appendix
In 1928 the American Legion Building at 49 rue Pierre Charron, Paris 75008 France – known since as Pershing Hall – was purchased by the Legionnaires of Paris Post 1, acting as The American Legion Building Corporation, Inc., to serve as a monument and memorial to the World War I American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) commanded by General John J. Pershing.
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Resolution in support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force
APPENDICES
EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution in Support of Establishment of Democrats Abroad Global Gender-Based Violence Task Force
APPENDICES
EXAMPLES DESCRIBING THE RANGE/NATURE OF GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE
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Resolution in support of Getting Information on Democrats Abroad and the Wealth Tax
No appendix; link to the list List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors to be added shortly.
Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”
for Resolution in support of Getting Information on Democrats Abroad and the Wealth Tax
No appendix or footnotes.
Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”
List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution to Catalogue Our “Standing Resolutions”
Footnote
If this resolution passes, I recognize that creating work for other volunteers (when everyone is a volunteer) can be a crummy thing to do and I would of course volunteer myself to also be on this Standing Resolutions review team; but I also expect that others with past Resolutions experience and Wiki experience or with formal DA leadership interest in this project such as the International Secretary, or any past International Secretary, may naturally wish to weigh in on or lead this effort.
Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.
1 https://guides.loc.gov/residence-act
2 List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution in Support of Statehood for Washington, D.C.
Footnotes
1 https://guides.loc.gov/residence-act
2 https://statehood.dc.gov/page/congressional-intervention
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Memorial Resolution Honoring Jim Christiansen of DA France
No appendix; link to the list List of co-sponsors to be added shortly.
Resolution on the Climate Emergency
Footnotes:: Co-sponsors for Memorial Resolution Honoring Jim Christiansen of DA France
No appendix or footnotes.
Resolution on the Climate Emergency
List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution on the Climate Emergency
Footnotes
1 https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/
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9 Our Priorities (https://www.democratsabroad.org/our_priorities )
Link for the text “National Climate Emergency Petition” in the clause “BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That the DPCA supports the National Climate Emergency Petition [link available on the DA wiki] 2022, drafted by Democrats Abroad Environment & Climate Crisis Council, disseminating it in DPCA communications, and submitting it to the Biden-Harris Administration (offices of the President, Vice President, and Congress) by June 30th, 2022.”:
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Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee
List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution to Establish a Standing Voter Protection Committee
Footnotes
1 The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule | Freedom House
2 Kosuke Imai and Gary King. 2004. “Did Illegal Overseas Absentee Ballots Decide the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election?” Perspectives on Politics, 2, Pp. 537–549. Copy at https://tinyurl.com/y39ndzbk
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Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
1 List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)
Footnotes
1 https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-19-180.pdf
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Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Country Committee Legal Compliance
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and Implementation Issues
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Please note that the primary sponsor of this resolution submitted a timely revision to change the name to “Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Country Committee Legal Compliance and Implementation Issues”. Regretfully, the name of the resolution was not changed for the May 14 final report and remained “Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Legal Compliance” |
List of co-sponsors: Co-sponsors for Resolution to Establish a Special Committee on Legal Compliance Strategies
No appendix or footnotes.