PORKEROpen the app

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.

S. 2039Introduced Jan 30, 1990Policy area: Education
Sponsor: Sen. Thad Cochran R-MS
Open in Bill Explorer →

Where it went

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.

Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress

Open in Bill Explorer →

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.