This page contains bill sponsorships in the Senate and House.
Bill sponsorships indicate the topics that legislators are most interested in, and spend the most time on.
Bill Sponsorship: Resolution on school bullying
Source: H.CON.RES.10
Congressional Summary:Expresses support for the goals and ideals of No Name-Calling Week (an annual week of educational activities to bring attention to name-calling and provide schools with tools to eliminate name-calling and bullying).WHEREAS 60 organizations have come together as No Name-Calling Week partner organizations since its inception in 2004;WHEREAS 30% of elementary students reported being bullied or called names at some point while in school;WHEREAS over 80% of lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGBT) middle and high school students were verbally harassed in the past year because of their sexual orientation;RESOLVED by that Congress encourages the people of the U.S. to observe No Name-Calling Week with appropriate ceremonies, programs, and activities.Opponent's argument against bill:(Izzy Kalman in Psychology Today, Jan. 26, 2012): No Name-Calling Week does no good in solving the problem of name-calling, and it can only
make the problem worse by weakening children emotionally. Why are more kids than ever committing suicide because they can't handle being called names? After a week of being bombarded with the message that names can scar them forever, are kids going t
Participating counts on VoteMatch question 3.
Question 3: Comfortable with same-sex marriage
Scores: -2=Strongly oppose; -1=Oppose; 0=neutral; 1=Support; 2=Strongly support.
- Topic: Families & Children
- Headline: Sponsored supporting No Name-Calling Week in schools
(Score: 1)
- Headline 2: Support No Name-Calling Week in schools
(Score: 1)
Participating counts on AmericansElect question 7.
- Headline: Sponsored supporting No Name-Calling Week in schools
(Answer: C)
- Headline 2: Support No Name-Calling Week in schools
(Answer: C)
- AmericansElect Quiz Question 7 on
Social Issues:
When you think about the rights of same-sex couples, which of the following is closest to your personal opinion?
- A: Same-sex couples should not be allowed to marry or form any kind of civil union
- B: Same-sex couples should be allowed to form civil unions, but not to marry in the traditional sense
- C: Same-sex couples should be allowed to marry legally, with all the same rights as traditional marriages
- D: Unsure
- Key for participation codes:
- Sponsorships: p=sponsored; o=co-sponsored; s=signed
- Memberships: c=chair; m=member; e=endorsed; f=profiled; s=scored
- Resolutions: i=introduced; w=wrote; a=adopted
- Cases: w=wrote; j=joined; d=dissented; c=concurred
- Surveys: '+' supports; '-' opposes.
Democrats
participating in 13-HCR10 |
| David Cicilline |
s1o | Rhode Island Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Keith Ellison |
s1o | Minnesota Democrat | May 9, 2013 |
| Rush Holt |
s1o | New Jersey Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 29, 2013 |
| Mike Honda |
s1o | California Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Ron Kind |
s1o | WI Former Democratic challenger (2012) | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Jim McGovern |
s1o | Massachusetts Democrat | Feb 1, 2013 |
| James Moran |
s1o | Virginia Democrat (retiring 2014) | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Eleanor Holmes Norton |
s1o | District of Columbia Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Mark Pocan |
s1o | Wisconsin Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Jared Polis |
s1o | Colorado Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Gregorio Sablan |
s1o | Marianas Democrat | Jan 25, 2013 |
| Linda Sanchez |
s1o | California De |
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