Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Latest action · Sep 30, 2003 Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
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. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedSep 30, 2003
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee of the U.S. Postal Service to recommend and the Postmaster General to issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee Singers (a choral group from Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee).
Cosponsors 29
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 4, 2004 to Mar 17, 2004.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Albert Russell Wynn | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-VI | Donna M. Christensen | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Major R. Owens | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-TX | Martin Frost | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-NC | Melvin L. Watt | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-LA | William J. Jefferson | Feb 4, 2004 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-FL | Robert Wexler | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Feb 11, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-MI | John Conyers, Jr. | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-IN | Julia Carson | Feb 26, 2004 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| D-CA | Howard L. Berman | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| D-TN | Lincoln Davis | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 17, 2004 | |
| D-OH | Stephanie Tubbs Jones | Mar 17, 2004 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Sep 30, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2003Introduced in House
- Sep 30, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1915-1916)
- Sep 30, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1915 | Alcee L. Hastings D-FL | Sep 30, 2003 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commemorations.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 30, 2003Introduced in House
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