A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month".
Latest action · Mar 28, 2023 Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S989; text: CR S1003-1004)
Progress
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- IntroducedMar 28, 2023
- Agreed to in SenateMar 28, 2023
Summary
This resolution designates March 2023 as National Women's History Month. The resolution also recognizes the celebration of such month as a time to reflect on the contributions that women have made to the United States.
Cosponsors 50
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 28, 2023 to Mar 29, 2023; 49 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| I-VT | Bernard Sanders | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NV | Catherine Cortez Masto | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MA | Edward J. Markey | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-WA | Patty Murray | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-DE | Thomas R. Carper | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Original | Mar 28, 2023 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Mar 29, 2023 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Mar 28, 2023Passed/agreed to in Senate: Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S989; text: CR S1003-1004)
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 | Debate and remarks S989Text printed S1003 | Jeanne Shaheen D-NH | Mar 28, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating March 2023 as "National Women's History Month".
Subjects
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Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 28, 2023Agreed to Senate
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