HRES 686 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Recommending that the United States Constitution be taught to high school students throughout the Nation in September of their senior year.

Introduced Jul 28, 2009 Originated House Sponsor Alan Grayson D-FL

Latest action · Oct 22, 2009 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

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. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.

IntroducedJul 28, 2009
Agreed to in HouseSep 14, 2009

Summary

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) high school students should spend at least one week in September of their senior year learning about the U.S. Constitution, as knowledge of this country's founding document is critical to being an effective citizen; and (2) upon reaching voting age, high school seniors should demonstrate their understanding of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship by engaging in civic learning activities on an issue of importance to them.

Cosponsors 222

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 28, 2009 to Sep 14, 2009; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jul 28, 2009
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jul 29, 2009
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jul 29, 2009
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Jul 29, 2009
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jul 29, 2009
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Jul 29, 2009
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jul 29, 2009
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Jul 29, 2009
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Jul 29, 2009
R-AL	Parker Griffith		Jul 29, 2009
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jul 29, 2009
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 29, 2009
D-IL	Phil Hare		Jul 29, 2009
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Jul 29, 2009
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Jul 29, 2009
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Jul 29, 2009
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jul 29, 2009
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 29, 2009
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke		Jul 29, 2009
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Jul 30, 2009
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jul 30, 2009
D-IN	André Carson		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jul 30, 2009
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Jul 30, 2009
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Betty Sutton		Jul 30, 2009
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Bill Foster		Jul 30, 2009
D-AL	Bobby Bright		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Jul 30, 2009
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 30, 2009
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Jul 30, 2009
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Jul 30, 2009
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 30, 2009
D-PA	Christopher P. Carney		Jul 30, 2009
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Jul 30, 2009
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 30, 2009
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jul 30, 2009
R-IN	Dan Burton		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Deborah L. Halvorson		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Dennis A. Cardoza		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Jul 30, 2009
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Jul 30, 2009
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Jul 30, 2009
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui		Jul 30, 2009
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jul 30, 2009
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Jul 30, 2009
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		Jul 30, 2009
D-MD	Frank Kratovil, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jul 30, 2009
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 30, 2009
D-VA	Glenn C. Nye		Jul 30, 2009
D-WI	Gwen Moore		Jul 30, 2009
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jul 30, 2009
D-NM	Harry Teague		Jul 30, 2009
D-NC	Heath Shuler		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Jul 30, 2009
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Jul 30, 2009
D-VA	James P. Moran		Jul 30, 2009
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jul 30, 2009
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
R-OH	Jim Jordan		Jul 30, 2009
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	John A. Boccieri		Jul 30, 2009
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jul 30, 2009
D-GA	John Barrow		Jul 30, 2009
R-CA	John Campbell		Jul 30, 2009
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	John J. Hall		Jul 30, 2009
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jul 30, 2009
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Jul 30, 2009
D-TN	John S. Tanner		Jul 30, 2009
D-CO	John T. Salazar		Jul 30, 2009
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Judy Chu		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Jul 30, 2009
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Jul 30, 2009
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jul 30, 2009
R-NJ	Leonard Lance		Jul 30, 2009
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jul 30, 2009
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Jul 30, 2009
D-AR	Marion Berry		Jul 30, 2009
D-MI	Mark H. Schauer		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Jul 30, 2009
D-IL	Mike Quigley		Jul 30, 2009
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jul 30, 2009
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jul 30, 2009
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jul 30, 2009
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Jul 30, 2009
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Jul 30, 2009
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Jul 30, 2009
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jul 30, 2009
R-LA	Rodney Alexander		Jul 30, 2009
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Jul 30, 2009
D-WI	Ron Kind		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Ron Klein		Jul 30, 2009
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Jul 30, 2009
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Jul 30, 2009
D-TX	Ruben Hinojosa		Jul 30, 2009
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Jul 30, 2009
R-NJ	Scott Garrett		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Scott Murphy		Jul 30, 2009
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Jul 30, 2009
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jul 30, 2009
R-IN	Steve Buyer		Jul 30, 2009
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Steve Driehaus		Jul 30, 2009
D-FL	Suzanne M. Kosmas		Jul 30, 2009
R-TX	Ted Poe		Jul 30, 2009
D-VA	Thomas S.P. Perriello		Jul 30, 2009
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Jul 30, 2009
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Jul 30, 2009
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jul 30, 2009
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 30, 2009
D-MS	Travis Childers		Jul 30, 2009
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 30, 2009
D-ID	Walter Minnick		Jul 30, 2009
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Jul 30, 2009
D-CO	Betsy Markey		Jul 31, 2009
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Jul 31, 2009
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 31, 2009
D-IN	Brad Ellsworth		Jul 31, 2009
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jul 31, 2009
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Jul 31, 2009
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 31, 2009
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 31, 2009
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Jul 31, 2009
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jul 31, 2009
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jul 31, 2009
R-FL	John L. Mica		Jul 31, 2009
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Jul 31, 2009
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jul 31, 2009
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		Jul 31, 2009
D-CA	Lois Capps		Jul 31, 2009
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 31, 2009
R-OK	Mary Fallin		Jul 31, 2009
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri		Jul 31, 2009
D-NH	Paul W. Hodes		Jul 31, 2009
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jul 31, 2009
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 31, 2009
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jul 31, 2009
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 31, 2009
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Sep 8, 2009
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Sep 8, 2009
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Sep 8, 2009
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Sep 8, 2009
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Sep 9, 2009
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Sep 9, 2009
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter		Sep 9, 2009
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Sep 9, 2009
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen		Sep 9, 2009
R-CA	Daniel E. Lungren		Sep 9, 2009
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Sep 9, 2009
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Sep 9, 2009
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Sep 9, 2009
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Sep 9, 2009
R-OH	Michael R. Turner		Sep 9, 2009
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Sep 9, 2009
R-LA	Anh "Joseph" Cao		Sep 10, 2009
D-KY	Ben Chandler		Sep 10, 2009
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 10, 2009
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Sep 10, 2009
D-OR	David Wu		Sep 10, 2009
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Sep 10, 2009
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Sep 10, 2009
D-CT	James A. Himes		Sep 10, 2009
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Sep 10, 2009
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Sep 10, 2009
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth		Sep 10, 2009
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono		Sep 10, 2009
R-MN	Michele Bachmann		Sep 10, 2009
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 10, 2009
R-OH	Steve Austria		Sep 10, 2009
D-WI	Steve Kagen		Sep 10, 2009
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Sep 14, 2009
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Sep 14, 2009
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Sep 14, 2009
R-CA	Dana Rohrabacher		Sep 14, 2009
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Sep 14, 2009
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Sep 14, 2009
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords		Sep 14, 2009
D-TX	Gene Green		Sep 14, 2009
R-NC	Howard Coble		Sep 14, 2009
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Sep 14, 2009
D-GA	Jim Marshall		Sep 14, 2009
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Sep 14, 2009
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Sep 14, 2009
R-GA	Paul C. Broun		Sep 14, 2009
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Sep 14, 2009

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Jul 28, 2009
	Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee	Referred Oct 22, 2009

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

Oct 22, 2009Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Sep 14, 2009Mr. Sablan moved to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended.
Sep 14, 2009Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9447-9449)
Sep 14, 2009DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H. Res. 686.
Sep 14, 2009Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H9447)

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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.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2274	John Boozman R-AR	Sep 15, 2009
House	Debate and remarks H9447–H9449, H9468Text printed H9447	Alan Grayson D-FL, Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan D-MP, Louie Gohmert R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Sep 14, 2009

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced: Recommending that the United States Constitution be taught to high school students throughout the Nation in September of their senior year.

Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Sep 14, 2009Engrossed in House
Jul 28, 2009Introduced in House

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