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Senate resolution · 111th Congress · Latest step: Passed Senate

A resolution designating September 2009 as "National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month".

S.Res. 277Introduced Sep 21, 2009Policy area: Health
Sponsor: Sen. Jeff Sessions R-AL
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Where it went

Latest action: Sep 21, 2009 — Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9615-9516; text as passed Senate: CR S9615-9616; text of measure as introduced: CR S9591)

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

26 cosponsors — 12 Republicans, 14 Democrats

14 of 26 cosponsors (54%) are from the other party.

Evan Bayh (D-IN), Robert Bennett (R-UT), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Sam Brownback (R-KS), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Byron Dorgan (D-ND), Russell Feingold (D-WI), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Daniel Inouye (D-HI), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), John Kerry (D-MA), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Arlen Specter (D-PA), David Vitter (R-LA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Roger Wicker (R-MS).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Jeff Sessions.

Sponsor’s state and district

Alabama in Congress

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.