A bill to authorize the award of the Purple Heart to persons who were prisoners of war on or before April 25, 1962.

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

17 cosponsors — 7 Republicans, 9 Democrats, 1 independent

8 of 17 cosponsors (47%) are from the other party.

Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Larry Craig (R-ID), Michael DeWine (R-OH), Wendell Ford (D-KY), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Ernest Hollings (D-SC), James Jeffords (I-VT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Herbert Kohl (D-WI), Richard Lugar (R-IN), John McCain (R-AZ), Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Robert Smith (R-NH), Theodore Stevens (R-AK), Paul Wellstone (D-MN).

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Sponsor’s state and district

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