SRES 74 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

A resolution to amend rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit employment discrimination in the Senate based on sexual orientation.

Introduced Mar 5, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Dianne Feinstein D-CA

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Latest action · Mar 5, 2003 Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3196)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 5, 2003
  2. Agreed to in SenateNot reached

Summary

Amends rule XLII (Employment Practices) of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit employment discrimination in the Senate based on sexual orientation.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 5, 2003 to Apr 3, 2003; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MICarl LevinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-HIDaniel K. AkakaOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-INEvan BayhOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-ORGordon H. SmithOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-VTJames M. JeffordsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-LAJohn B. BreauxOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NCJohn EdwardsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-NJJon S. CorzineOriginalMar 5, 2003
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-DEJoseph R. Biden Jr.OriginalMar 5, 2003
R-RILincoln ChafeeOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MNMark DaytonOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-ORRon WydenOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldOriginalMar 5, 2003
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-IATom HarkinOriginalMar 5, 2003
D-CABarbara BoxerMar 10, 2003
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiMar 25, 2003
D-WIHerb KohlMar 25, 2003
D-FLBob GrahamMar 26, 2003
D-WAMaria CantwellMar 27, 2003
D-NVHarry ReidApr 3, 2003

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateRules and Administration Committee
Referred Mar 5, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 5, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3196-3197)
  3. Mar 5, 2003Referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3196)

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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3196, S3197Text printed S3196Dianne Feinstein D-CA, Gordon H. Smith R-ORMar 5, 2003

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
A resolution to amend rule XLII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to prohibit employment discrimination in the Senate based on sexual orientation.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 5, 2003Introduced in Senate

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