To award a congressional gold medal to Ray Charles in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation.

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

35 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 33 Democrats

2 of 35 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.

Joe Baca (D-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), Wm. Clay (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Charles Gonzalez (D-TX), Al Green (D-TX), Gene Green (D-TX), Alcee Hastings (D-FL), Brian Higgins (D-NY), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), William Jefferson (D-LA), Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), John Lewis (D-GA), Daniel Lungren (R-CA), Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Jim McDermott (D-WA), James McGovern (D-MA), Cynthia McKinney (D-GA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Jeff Miller (R-FL), Dennis Moore (D-KS), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Major Owens (D-NY), Frank Pallone (D-NJ), Tim Ryan (D-OH) and 5 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel.

• H.R. 1472 (109th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New York, as the "Tito Puente…
• H.R. 1259 (109th) To award a congressional gold medal on behalf of the Tuskegee Airmen, collectively, in recognition of their unique military record, which…
• H.Con.Res. 175 (109th) Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin America…
• H.R. 188 (109th) Shirley Chisholm Congressional Gold Medal Act
• H.R. 663 (109th) Ex-Offenders Voting Rights Act of 2005
• H.R. 662 (109th) Second Chance for Ex-Offenders Act of 2005

Sponsor’s state and district

New York in Congress · NY-15 district