Senate bill · 110th Congress · Did not become law
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007
Sponsor: Sen. Joseph Lieberman I-CTWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 1, 2007
- Committee actionJun 13, 2007
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 18, 2007 — Cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 57 - 42. Record Vote Number: 339. (consideration: CR S11631; text: CR S11631)
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1257.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1257, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007” on June 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007</p>”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18765
- CBO publication date
- June 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1257, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99dd2d8bcc34b0953d9c737ad04bc8f0002dc5d37b0e467c3e18a3dbabe82b17
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1257, District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007” on June 15, 2007. CBO’s description reads “Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on June 13, 2007”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 15, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/18765
- CBO publication date
- June 15, 2007
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1257, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99dd2d8bcc34b0953d9c737ad04bc8f0002dc5d37b0e467c3e18a3dbabe82b17
PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.
- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 110-123 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on June 28, 2007.Source: Congress.gov, reported June 28, 2007 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/110/SRPT/123
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 1257, 110th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/110/s/1257
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 10, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 27, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
99dd2d8bcc34b0953d9c737ad04bc8f0002dc5d37b0e467c3e18a3dbabe82b17
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From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 1257, last updated August 10, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 27, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
20 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 17 Democrats, 1 independent
2 of 20 cosponsors (10%) are from the other party.
Robert Bennett (R-UT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Thomas Carper (D-DE), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Orrin Hatch (R-UT), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Carl Levin (D-MI), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD), Barack Obama (D-IL), Mark Pryor (D-AR), Bernie Sanders (I-VT).
More from the sponsor
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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.