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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.

H.Res. 638Introduced Dec 18, 2005Policy area: Commemorations
Sponsor: Rep. Maxine Waters D-CA
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Where it went

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.

More from the sponsor

Other 109th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Maxine Waters.

Sponsor’s state and district

California in Congress · CA-35 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.