House resolution · 109th Congress · Did not become law
Congratulating Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono for being named Time Magazine's 2005 Person of the Year.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedDec 18, 2005
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
Latest action: Dec 18, 2005 — Referred to the House Committee on Government 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
71 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 67 Democrats
4 of 71 cosponsors (6%) are from the other party.
Thomas Allen (D-ME), Spencer Bachus (R-AL), Brian Baird (D-WA), Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Leonard Boswell (D-IA), Corrine Brown (D-FL), G. K. Butterfield (D-NC), Lois Capps (D-CA), Michael Capuano (D-MA), Russ Carnahan (D-MO), John Conyers (D-MI), James Cooper (D-TN), Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), Bill Delahunt (D-MA), Norman Dicks (D-WA), Chet Edwards (D-TX), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Barney Frank (D-MA), Al Green (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX), Michael Honda (D-CA), Jay Inslee (D-WA), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX), Jesse Jackson (D-IL) and 41 more.
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Sponsor’s state and district
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.