Senate joint resolution · 101st Congress · Did not become law
A joint resolution to designate May 4, 1990, as "Department of Education Day".
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedApr 19, 1990
- Committee actionMay 1, 1990
- Passed SenateMay 1, 1990 · by voice vote
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 9, 1990 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
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
30 cosponsors — 15 Republicans, 13 Democrats, 2 independents
16 of 30 cosponsors (53%) are from the other party.
Brockman Adams (D-WA), Rudolf Boschwitz (R-MN), Quentin Burdick (D-ND), John Chafee (R-RI), Daniel Coats (R-IN), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Robert Dole (R-KS), David Durenberger (R-MN), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Mark Hatfield (R-OR), Howell Heflin (D-AL), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), James Jeffords (I-VT), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Robert Kasten (R-WI), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), Joseph Lieberman (I-CT), Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Samuel Nunn (D-GA), David Pryor (D-AR), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Paul Simon (D-IL), Alan Simpson (R-WY), Arlen Specter (D-PA), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), James Thurmond (R-SC), John Warner (R-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Claiborne Pell.
- S.J.Res. 146 (101st) A joint resolution designating the week of September 24, 1989, as "Religious Freedom Week".
- S.J.Res. 301 (101st) A joint resolution designating October 1990 as "National Breast Cancer Awareness Month".
- S.J.Res. 126 (101st) A joint resolution commemorating the bicentennial of the United States Coast Guard.
- S.J.Res. 331 (101st) A joint resolution to designate the week of September 23 through 29, 1990, as "Religious Freedom Week".
- S. 830 (101st) A bill to amend Public Law 99-647, establishing the Blackstone River Valley Heritage Corridor Commission, to authorize the Commission to…
- S.J.Res. 275 (101st) A joint resolution designating May 13, 1990, as the "National Day in Support of Freedom and Human Rights in China and Tibet.
Sponsor’s state and district
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