SJRES 7 · 109th Congress 2005โ€“2007, ended

A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Latest action · Mar 15, 2005 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2745)

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 15, 2005
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Constitutional Amendment - States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.

Cosponsors 20

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2005 to Sep 6, 2006; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDBarbara A. MikulskiOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-MICarl LevinOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-NYCharles E. SchumerOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-NJFrank R. LautenbergOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-NJJon S. CorzineOriginalMar 15, 2005
I-CTJoseph I. LiebermanOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-IATom HarkinOriginalMar 15, 2005
D-WIRussell D. FeingoldMar 19, 2005
D-MNMark DaytonApr 19, 2005
D-MIDebbie StabenowSep 6, 2005
R-VTJames M. JeffordsJul 27, 2006
D-NJRobert MenendezSep 6, 2006

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateJudiciary Committee
Referred Mar 15, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 15, 2005Introduced in Senate
  2. Mar 15, 2005Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2744-2745)
  3. Mar 15, 2005Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2745)

In the Congressional Record 2

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 S2981Dianne Feinstein D-CAMar 17, 2005
SenateDebate and remarks S2744Text printed S2745Edward M. Kennedy D-MA (text)Mar 15, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 15, 2005Introduced in Senate

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