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.

2009-SR67 on Mar 5, 2009

A resolutix`on expressing the sense of the Senate that providing breakfast in schools through the national school breakfast program has a positive impact on the lives and classroom performance of low-income children.
• Recognizes the positive effect the National School Breakfast Program has had on children's classroom performance and the lives of low-income children and families.
• Expresses strong support for states that have successfully implemented school breakfast programs and encourages all states to improve their programs.
• Recognizes:
  1. the importance of providing states with resources to improve the availability of adequate and nutritious breakfasts;
  2. the role nonprofit and community organizations play in increasing awareness of, and access to, breakfast programs for low-income children; and
  3. hat National School Breakfast Week helps draw attention to the need for, and success of, the National School Breakfast Program.

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  • Topic: Welfare & Poverty
  • Headline: Support school breakfast for low-income children
  • Headline 2: Sponsored bill favoring school breakfast for low-income kids
    
    
  • 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 2009-SR67
  Joe Baca	s1s	California Democratic Challenger
  Tammy Baldwin	s1s	WI Democratic Challenger
  Evan Bayh	s1s	IN Former Democratic Senator
  Mark Begich	s1s	AK Democratic Jr Senator
  Michael Bennet	s1s	CO Democratic Jr Senator
  Sanford Bishop	s1s	Georgia Democrat
  Earl Blumenauer	s1s	Oregon Democrat
  Corrine Brown	s1s	Florida Democrat
  Roland Burris	s1s	IL Democratic Jr Senator (retiring 2010)
  Andre Carson	s1s	Indiana Democrat
  Bob Casey	s1s	PA Democratic Sr Senator; previously state treasurer
  Kathy Castor	s1s	Florida Democrat
  Travis Childers	s1s	Mississippi Democrat (until 2010)
  Kathy Dahlkemper	s1s	Pennsylvania Democrat (until 2010)
  Danny Davis	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Chris Dodd	s1s	CT Democratic Sr Senator (retiring 2010)
  Richard Durbin	s1s	IL Democratic Sr Senator
  Russell Feingold	s2p	POTUS Democrat
  Bob Filner	s1s	California Democrat (Mayoral run 2011)
  Kirsten Gillibrand	s1s	New York Democrat
  Raul Grijalva	s1s	Arizona Democrat
  Luis Gutierrez	s1s	Illinois Democrat
  Phil Hare	s1s	Illinois Democrat (until 2010)
  Stephanie Herseth	s1s	South Dakota Democratic Senate Challenger
  Maurice Hinchey	s1s	New York Dem/Working-Fam.(Retired 2012)
  Mike Honda	s1s	California Democrat
  Jesse Louis Jackson	s1s	Illinois Democrat (Resigned 2013)
  Eddie Bernice Johnson	s1s	Texas Democrat
  Steve Kagen	s1s	WI Former Democratic challenger (2012)
  John Kerry	s1s	MA Democratic Sr Senator
  Dale Kildee	s1s	Michigan Democrat (Retiring 2012)
  Carolyn Kilpatrick	s1s	Michigan Democrat (until 2010)
  Ron Kind	s1s	WI Former Democratic challenger (2012)
  Larry Kissell	s1s	North Carolina Democrat
  Herbert Kohl	s1s	WI Democratic Sr Senator (Retiring)
  Dennis Kucinich	s1s	Ohio Democrat (Lost 2012 Primary)
  Barbara Lee	s1s	California Democrat
  Sander Levin	s1s	Michigan Democrat
  John Lewis	s1s	Georgia Democrat
  Ben Ray Lujan	s1s	New Mexico Democrat
  Carolyn Maloney	s1s	New York Democrat/Liberal
  Eric Massa	s1s	New York Democrat (until 2010)
  Jim McDermott	s1s	Washington Democrat
  Dennis Moore	s1s	Kansas Democrat (until 2010)
  Gwen Moore	s2p	Wisconsin Democrat
  Eleanor Holmes Norton	s1s	District of Columbia Democrat
  David Obey	s1s	Wisconsin Democrat (until 2010)
  Charles Rangel	s1s	New York Dem./Lib. (retiring 2016)
  Bernie Sanders	s1s	POTUS Democratic Presidential candidate
  Bobby Scott	s1s	Virginia Democrat
  Jose Serrano	s1s	New York Democrat/Liberal
  Joe Sestak	s1s	PA Democratic Senate Challenger
  Albio Sires	s1s	New Jersey Democrat
  Zack Space	s1s	Ohio Democrat (until 2010)
  Pete Stark	s1s	California Democrat
  Ed Towns	s1s	New York Democrat/Liberal (Retiring)
  Robert Wexler	s1s	Florida Democrat (resigned Jan. 2010)

  
  
  

  Republicans participating in 2009-SR67
  Saxby Chambliss	s1s	GA Republican Sr Senator (retiring 2014)
  Don Young	s1s	Alaska Republican

  
  
  

  Independents participating in 2009-SR67
  Madeleine Bordallo	s1s	Guam Delegate
  Michael Castle	s1s	DE 2010 Senate Challenger; previously Gov.and Rep.

  
  
  

  Total recorded by OnTheIssues:

  Democrats: 57 Republicans: 2 Independents: 2