To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr. (posthumously) and his widow Coretta Scott King in recognition of their contributions to the Nation on behalf of the civil rights movement.

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

172 cosponsors — 23 Republicans, 148 Democrats, 1 independent

23 of 172 cosponsors (13%) are from the other party.

Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Anibal Acevedo-Vila (D-PR), Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Joe Baca (D-CA), Brian Baird (D-WA), John Baldacci (D-ME), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), James Barcia (D-MI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Shelley Berkley (D-NV), Howard Berman (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Rod Blagojevich (D-IL), David Bonior (D-MI), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Robert Brady (D-PA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Brad Carson (D-OK), Julia Carson (D-IN), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), Eva Clayton (D-NC) and 142 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Cynthia McKinney.

• H.R. 2261 (107th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2853 Candler Road in Decatur, Georgia, as the "Earl T. Shinhoster…
• H.R. 1494 (107th) National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 2001
• H.R. 1587 (107th) Agent Orange Respiratory Cancer Act of 2001
• H.R. 2782 (107th) Corporate Code of Conduct Act
• H.R. 460 (107th) TRUTH Act of 2001
• H.Con.Res. 380 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding women with bleeding disorders.

Sponsor’s state and district

Georgia in Congress · GA-4 district