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2007-S2428 on Dec 6, 2007

Directs the Secretary of Education to establish and maintain, on the public website of the Department of Education, a database of information on public and private programs of financial assistance for the study of postsecondary and graduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
    Requires that such database:
  1. provide separate information for each field of study;
  2. be searchable by category and combinations of categories;
  3. indicate programs targeted toward specific demographic groups;
  4. provide searchers with program sponsor contact information and hyperlinks; and
  5. include a recommendation that students and families carefully review application requirements and a disclaimer that scholarships presented in the database are not provided or endorsed by the Department or the federal government.
Requires the Secretary and the entity contracted to furnish and regularly update information to consult with public and private sources of scholarships and make easily available a process for the sources to provide regular and updated information.


  • Topic: Technology
  • Headline: Create online database of science & math scholarships
  • 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



Democrats participating in 2007-S2428

Tom Allen s1oMaine Democrat
Howard Berman s1oCalifornia Democrat
Michael Capuano s1oMassachusetts Democrat
Elijah Cummings s1oMaryland Democrat
Richard Durbin s1oIL Democrat Sr Senator
Rahm Emanuel s1oIllinois Democrat
Gabby Giffords s1oArizona Democrat
Gene Green s1oTexas Democrat
Raul Grijalva s1oArizona Democrat
Phil Hare s1oIllinois Democrat
Ruben Hinojosa s1oTexas Democrat
Mazie Hirono s1oHawaii Democrat
Rush Holt s1pNew Jersey Democrat
Sheila Jackson Lee s1oTexas Democrat
Hank Johnson s1oGeorgia Democrat
Tim Johnson s1oSD Democrat Sr Senator
Barbara Lee s1oCalifornia Democrat
Joseph Lieberman s1oCT Democratic Jr Senator; Gore's VP nominee; ran for Pres. 2004
Dan Lipinski s1oIllinois Democrat
Zoe Lofgren s1oCalifornia Democrat
Jerry McNerney s1oCalifornia Democrat
Dennis Moore s1oKansas Democrat
Bill Nelson s1oFL Democrat Sr Senator
Barack Obama s1pIL Democratic Jr Senator
Donald Payne s1oNew Jersey Democrat
David Eugene Price s1oNorth Carolina Democrat
Jan Schakowsky s1oIllinois Democrat
David Adam Smith s1oWashington Democrat
Pete Stark s1oCalifornia Democrat
Betty Sutton s1oOhio Democrat
Chris Van Hollen s1oMaryland Democrat
Lynn Woolsey s1oCalifornia Democrat



Republicans participating in 2007-S2428

Judy Biggert s1oIllinois Republican
Norm Coleman s1oMN Republican Jr Senator
Susan Collins s1oME Republican Jr Senator
Donald Manzullo s1oIllinois Republican
Cathy McMorris-Rodgers s1oWashington Republican
Adam Putnam s1oFlorida Republican
Ralph Regula s1oOhio Republican
Frank Wolf s1oVirginia Republican



Independents participating in 2007-S2428



Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

Democrats: 32
Republicans: 8
Independents: 0

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