A resolution supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.
Latest action · Apr 21, 2015 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2306)
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.
- IntroducedApr 21, 2015
- Agreed to in SenateNot reached
Summary
Expresses support for efforts to:
- ensure that all students have access to debt-free higher education upon graduation from public institutions of higher education;
- provide support to states to make increased investments in higher education that will result in lower tuition and costs for students;
- increase financial aid to help students afford attending college without taking on debt;
- encourage innovation by states and institutions of higher education to cut costs for students and make college more affordable by increasing efficiency and enabling speedy and less-costly degree completion; and
- reduce the burden of existing student loan debt.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 21, 2015 to Jan 11, 2016; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Apr 21, 2015 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 28, 2015 | |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | May 7, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | May 12, 2015 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Boxer | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | May 20, 2015 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | May 21, 2015 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jun 2, 2015 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Sep 9, 2015 | |
| D-VT | Patrick J. Leahy | Sep 10, 2015 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Sep 17, 2015 | |
| D-NM | Tom Udall | Jan 11, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Apr 21, 2015 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Apr 21, 2015Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2306)
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Text printed S2306 | — | Apr 21, 2015 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 214 | Supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education. | Identical bill | Apr 21, 2015 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution supporting efforts to ensure that students have access to debt-free higher education.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 21, 2015Introduced in Senate
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