SRES 692 · 110th Congress 2007–2009, ended

A resolution designating the week of November 9 through November 15, 2008, as "National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to develop educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.

Introduced Sep 27, 2008 Originated Senate Sponsor Joseph R. Biden Jr. D-DE

Fact sheet

Latest action · Sep 27, 2008 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10020-10021; text as passed Senate: CR S10020; text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10010)

Progress

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  1. IntroducedSep 27, 2008
  2. Agreed to in SenateSep 27, 2008

Summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates the week of November 9-November 15, 2008, as "National Veterans Awareness Week."

Cosponsors 25

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 27, 2008.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-ILBarack ObamaOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-FLBill NelsonOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-CTChristopher J. DoddOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-NEChuck HagelOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-CADianne FeinsteinOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-OHGeorge V. VoinovichOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-KYJim BunningOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-WVJohn D. Rockefeller IVOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-MTJon TesterOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-MNNorm ColemanOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-ILRichard J. DurbinOriginalSep 27, 2008
D-PARobert P. Casey Jr.OriginalSep 27, 2008
D-RISheldon WhitehouseOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-AKTed StevensOriginalSep 27, 2008
R-COWayne AllardOriginalSep 27, 2008

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 27, 2008Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 27, 2008Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S10020-10021; text as passed Senate: CR S10020; text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10010)
  3. Sep 27, 2008Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S10020-10021; text as passed Senate: CR S10020; text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S10010)

Subjects

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Text 1

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  1. Sep 27, 2008Agreed to Senate

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