Senate resolution · 110th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate
A resolution commemorating the 44th anniversary of the deaths of civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, James Chaney, and Michael Schwerner in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while working in the name of American democracy to register voters and secure civil rights during the summer of 1964, which has become known as "Freedom Summer".
Sponsor: Sen. Barack Obama D-ILWhere it went
- IntroducedJun 24, 2008
- Committee actionskipped
- Passed SenateJun 24, 2008 · by unanimous consent
Latest action: Jun 24, 2008 — Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S6095-6096; text as passed Senate: CR S6095-6096; text of measure as introduced: CR S6025-6026)
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
3 cosponsors — 3 Democrats
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Arlen Specter (D-PA).
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Sponsor’s state and district
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