Recognizing the importance of achieving the goal of the 1997 Microcredit Summit to provide access to microcredit to 100,000,000 of the world's poorest families.

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

43 cosponsors — 11 Republicans, 32 Democrats

11 of 43 cosponsors (26%) are from the other party.

Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), David Bonior (D-MI), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Julia Carson (D-IN), Diana DeGette (D-CO), John Doolittle (R-CA), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Bob Filner (D-CA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Jon Fox (R-PA), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Porter Goss (R-FL), Gene Green (D-TX), Tony Hall (D-OH), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Earl Hilliard (D-AL), Amo Houghton (R-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Jim Leach (R-IA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Edward Markey (D-MA), Karen McCarthy (D-MO), James McGovern (D-MA), Martin Meehan (D-MA), Jack Metcalf (R-WA), George Miller (D-CA), Constance Morella (R-MD) and 13 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. William Luther.

• H.R. 614 (105th) To reduce the number of executive branch political appointees.
• H.R. 2898 (105th) B-2 Bomber Production Limitation Act
• H.R. 1043 (105th) Help Equip Local Police Act
• H.R. 1814 (105th) Trident II (D-5) Missile Production Termination Act
• H.Con.Res. 184 (105th) Expressing the sense of Congress that the motion picture industry should work to discourage tobacco use among our youth.
• H.R. 2956 (105th) Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act

Sponsor’s state and district

Minnesota in Congress · MN-6 district