A resolution designating March 2009 as "National Reading Month" and authorizing the collection of nonmonetary book donations in Senate office buildings during the period beginning March 9, 2009 and ending March 27, 2009 from Senators and officers and employees of the Senate to assist elementary school students in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.

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

8 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 6 Democrats

2 of 8 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.

Thad Cochran (R-MS), Thomas Harkin (D-IA), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Edward Kennedy (D-MA), John Kerry (D-MA), Carl Levin (D-MI), John Reed (D-RI), Olympia Snowe (R-ME).

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Frank Lautenberg.

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• S.Res. 517 (111th) A resolution in support and recognition of National Train Day, May 8, 2010.
• S.Res. 40 (111th) A resolution designating September 2009 as "Campus Fire Safety Month".
• S.Res. 37 (111th) A resolution calling on Brazil to comply with the requirements of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and…
• S.Res. 472 (111th) A resolution in recognition and support of National Safe Digging Month.

Sponsor’s state and district

New Jersey in Congress