HJRES 29 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, 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 2, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 2, 2005 Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

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 2, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

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

Cosponsors 35

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 2, 2005 to Apr 13, 2005, with 31 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-CA	Diane E. Watson	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.	Original	Mar 2, 2005
D-SC	James E. Clyburn	Original	Mar 2, 2005

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Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 2, 2005Introduced in House
Mar 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.

Subjects

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

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Mar 2, 2005Introduced in House

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