HRES 159 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current record breaking wealth gap is a national problem for the nation's economic security, and that broad-based, generational and systemic inequities continue to distort economic progress and opportunity for tens of millions of Americans -especially low and middle-income Americans and communities of color.

Introduced Mar 18, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Maxine Waters D-CA

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Latest action · Mar 18, 2015 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Progress

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  1. IntroducedMar 18, 2015
  2. Agreed to in HouseNot reached

Summary

Recognizes that all families need to be economically secure to create opportunities for their children and the nation's next generation.

Recognizes that wealth and income inequality hurt economic growth and risks economic security for individual families, our communities, and the nation as a whole.

Supports the elimination of the wealth gap and the racial wealth gap as national economic security priorities.

Acknowledges that Congress has a responsibility to implement thoughtful, proven and pragmatic policy strategies to eliminate the wealth gap and the racial wealth gap.

Cosponsors 55

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2015 to Apr 29, 2015; 52 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-TXAl GreenOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NCAlma S. AdamsOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-INAndré CarsonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-LACedric L. RichmondOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-GADavid ScottOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MDDonna F. EdwardsOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MDElijah E. CummingsOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MOEmanuel CleaverOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NCG. K. ButterfieldOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYHakeem S. JeffriesOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalMar 18, 2015
D-SCJames E. ClyburnOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MDJohn K. DelaneyOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-OHJoyce BeattyOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CAJuan VargasOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CAJudy ChuOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CAKaren BassOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MNKeith EllisonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-OHMarcia L. FudgeOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-WIMark PocanOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-ILRobin L. KellyOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-TXRuben HinojosaOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-VIStacey E. PlaskettOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-CATed LieuOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-ALTerri A. SewellOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalMar 18, 2015
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkApr 15, 2015
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyApr 29, 2015
D-NYJoseph CrowleyApr 29, 2015

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 18, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House
  2. Mar 18, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H1750)
  3. Mar 18, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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
HouseDebate and remarks H3634–H3640—Jun 1, 2015
HouseDebate and remarks H1750Maxine Waters D-CAMar 18, 2015

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the current record breaking wealth gap is a national problem for the nation's economic security, and that broad-based, generational and systemic inequities continue to distort economic progress and opportunity for tens of millions of Americans -especially low and middle-income Americans and communities of color.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 18, 2015Introduced in House

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