Fifty-five Democrats and Republicans in the House signed a resolution on behalf of imprisoned Soviet Jewish dissident Anatoly Sharansky before the lower chamber went on its month-long summer recess last Friday. The resolution was introduced two weeks ago by Rep. John Buchanan (R.Ala.), a Baptist minister from Birmingham.
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