HRES 959 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

Supporting the Adopt-a-Platoon program, which encourages support to deployed soldiers through letters, care packages, pen pal campaigns, and monetary donations.

Introduced Feb 6, 2008 Originated House Sponsor Marilyn N. Musgrave R-CO

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 29, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedFeb 6, 2008
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Honors the contributions of the Adopt-a-Platoon Soldier Support Effort for supporting deployed U.S. service members in all branches of the military.

Cosponsors 43

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2008 to Jun 12, 2008, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalFeb 6, 2008
R-INDan BurtonFeb 12, 2008
R-TXJeb HensarlingFeb 12, 2008
D-PAJoe SestakFeb 12, 2008
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloFeb 12, 2008
D-PARobert A. BradyFeb 12, 2008
R-CABrian P. BilbrayFeb 13, 2008
R-TNDavid DavisFeb 13, 2008
R-CODoug LambornFeb 13, 2008
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettFeb 13, 2008
R-CAJohn CampbellFeb 13, 2008
R-MNJohn KlineFeb 13, 2008
R-PAJoseph R. PittsFeb 13, 2008
R-TXK. Michael ConawayFeb 13, 2008
R-TXKenny MarchantFeb 13, 2008
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 29, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
  2. Feb 6, 2008Introduced in House
  3. Feb 6, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services.

Subjects

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  1. Feb 6, 2008Introduced in House

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