Senate bill · 101st Congress · Did not become law
A bill to improve the quality of student writing and learning, and the teaching of writing as a learning process in the Nation's classrooms.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedJan 30, 1990
- Committee action—
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Feb 5, 1990 — Referred to Subcommittee on Education, Arts, Humanities.
Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
39 cosponsors — 18 Republicans, 20 Democrats, 1 independent
21 of 39 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.
Brockman Adams (D-WA), Christopher Bond (R-MO), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Alan Cranston (D-CA), John Danforth (R-MO), Thomas Daschle (D-SD), Alan Dixon (D-IL), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Howell Heflin (D-AL), Henry Heinz (R-PA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Lugar (R-IN), Spark Matsunaga (D-HI), John McCain (R-AZ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Frank Murkowski (R-AK), Robert Packwood (R-OR), Claiborne Pell (D-RI) and 9 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Thad Cochran.
- S.J.Res. 215 (101st) A joint resolution acknowledging the sacrifice that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 20, 1989…
- S.J.Res. 366 (101st) A joint resolution to designate March 30, 1991, as "National Doctors Day".
- S.Res. 177 (101st) A resolution relative to the death of Representative Larkin I. Smith, of Mississippi.
- S.J.Res. 272 (101st) A joint resolution to designate March 30, 1990, as "National Doctor's Day".
- S. 2187 (101st) State Offices of Rural Health Act of 1990
- S. 2188 (101st) Rural Health and Safety Education Act of 1990
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.