HJRES 29 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States regarding the right of all citizens of the United States to a public education of equal high quality.

Introduced Mar 4, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 5, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

Progress

Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 4, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - Provides that all U.S. citizens shall enjoy the right to a public education of equal high quality.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 4, 2003 to Nov 17, 2004, with 21 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Mar 4, 2003
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Mar 4, 2003

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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 5, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
Mar 4, 2003Introduced in House
Mar 4, 2003Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

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