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House bill · 109th Congress · Did not become law

VOICE Act of 2005

H.R. 1439Introduced Mar 17, 2005Policy area: Education
Sponsor: Rep. Bobby Rush D-IL
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Where it went

Latest action: Apr 18, 2005 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.

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

25 cosponsors — 25 Democrats

0 of 25 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Donna Christensen (D-VI), Jerry Costello (D-IL), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Danny Davis (D-IL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Gregory Meeks (D-NY), Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Major Owens (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Tim Ryan (D-OH), Linda Sánchez (D-CA), Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Robert Wexler (D-FL), Lynn Woolsey (D-CA).

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bobby Rush.

Sponsor’s state and district

Illinois in Congress · IL-1 district

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Data as of Sep 27, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.