SRES 108 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

A resolution commemorating the discovery of the polio vaccine and supporting efforts to eradicate the disease.

Introduced Mar 24, 2015 Originated Senate Sponsor Richard J. Durbin D-IL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Oct 21, 2015 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.

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.

  1. IntroducedMar 24, 2015
  2. Agreed to in SenateOct 21, 2015

Summary

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

Commends the work of Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin in developing effective, safe vaccines for polio.

Supports the Global Polio Eradication Initiative's goals and ideals and the international community in remaining committed to the eradication of polio.

Encourages continued funding for the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and scientific research so that more life-saving discoveries can be made.

Cosponsors 11

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 24, 2015 to Sep 8, 2015, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara BoxerOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-RIJack ReedOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-NHJeanne ShaheenOriginalMar 24, 2015
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMar 24, 2015
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalMar 24, 2015
R-ILMark KirkOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-VTPatrick J. LeahyOriginalMar 24, 2015
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalMar 24, 2015
R-MORoy BluntSep 8, 2015

Actions 6

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2015Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
  2. Oct 21, 2015Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
  3. Oct 21, 2015Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7425)
  4. Oct 21, 2015Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions discharged by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7425)
  5. Mar 24, 2015Introduced in Senate
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Subjects

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

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 21, 2015Agreed to Senate
  2. Mar 24, 2015Introduced in Senate

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