A resolution designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of Government of the United States to a more free and stable world.
Latest action · Mar 23, 2024 Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2618; text: 09/07/2023 CR S4272-4273)
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.
- IntroducedSep 7, 2023
- Agreed to in SenateMar 23, 2024
Summary
This resolution designates 2024 as the Year of Democracy.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 7, 2023 to Jan 22, 2024; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Original | Sep 7, 2023 |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Oct 3, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-IN | Mike Braun | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| R-ME | Susan M. Collins | Oct 24, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Oct 26, 2023 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Oct 30, 2023 | |
| D-PA | John Fetterman | Oct 31, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Nov 8, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Nov 9, 2023 | |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Nov 14, 2023 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Nov 15, 2023 | |
| I-ME | Angus S. King Jr. | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Nov 27, 2023 | |
| D-VA | Mark R. Warner | Nov 30, 2023 | |
| D-RI | Jack Reed | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Dec 11, 2023 | |
| R-AR | John Boozman | Dec 12, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Jon Ossoff | Dec 13, 2023 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Dec 18, 2023 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Dec 18, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Dec 19, 2023 | |
| D-CA | Alex Padilla | Jan 10, 2024 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jan 11, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jan 16, 2024 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jan 17, 2024 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Jan 18, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Jan 22, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Sep 7, 2023Discharged Mar 23, 2024 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2024Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 23, 2024Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2618; text: 09/07/2023 CR S4272-4273)
- Sep 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
- Sep 7, 2023Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2618 | Charles E. Schumer D-NY | Mar 22, 2024 |
| Senate | Text printed S4272 | — | Sep 7, 2023 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A resolution designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy as a time to reflect on the contributions of the system of Government of the United States to a more free and stable world.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2024Agreed to Senate
- Sep 7, 2023Introduced in Senate
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