Recognizing the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and encouraging the people of the United States to recognize the accomplishments of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party by committing themselves to the fundamental principles of freedom, equality, and democracy.

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

19 cosponsors — 19 Democrats

0 of 19 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Julia Carson (D-IN), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Harold Ford (D-TN), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL), Barbara Lee (D-CA), John Lewis (D-GA), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Albert Wynn (D-MD).

More from the sponsor

Other 108th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bennie Thompson.

• H.Con.Res. 220 (108th) Commending Medgar Wiley Evers and his widow, Myrlie Evers-Williams, for their lives and accomplishments.
• H.Con.Res. 457 (108th) Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the murders of James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman.
• H.R. 2811 (108th) To assist local educational agencies in providing financial incentives to attract teachers to teach in rural and high-poverty areas.
• H.R. 5182 (108th) Homeland Security Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Protection Act of 2004
• H.R. 3250 (108th) Child Nutrition Improvement Act of 2003
• H.R. 2894 (108th) Theodore Roosevelt National Wildlife Refuge Act

Sponsor’s state and district

Mississippi in Congress · MS-2 district