HJRES 68 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

Amending title 36, United States Code, to direct the President to issue an annual proclamation establishing Democracy Day.

Introduced Jan 11, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Dean Phillips D-MN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 11, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

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.

IntroducedJan 11, 2022
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

This joint resolution directs the President to issue an annual proclamation designating a Democracy Day.

Cosponsors 72

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 11, 2022 to Aug 9, 2022, with 57 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-TX	Al Green	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-NC	Alma S. Adams	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-MI	Andy Levin	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-CA	Brad Sherman	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IL	Cheri Bustos	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IA	Cynthia Axne	Original	Jan 11, 2022
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jan 11, 2022

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Jan 11, 2022Introduced in House
Jan 11, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Subjects

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Jan 11, 2022Introduced in House

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