Democracy Day Act of 2005

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 109th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

JCD ConyersSponsor

110 cosponsors · 109 D, 1 I

JCD Carson DCD Christensen ECD Cummings CFD Fattah AHD Hastings SJD Jackson Lee BLD Lee JMD Millender-McDonald JND Nadler END Norton MOD Owens MWD Watt AWD Wynn AWD Weiner ADD Davis MHD Hinchey WJD Jefferson LWD Woolsey JLD Langevin EPD Pastor CRD Rangel HBD Berman MHD Honda HWD Waxman DMD Moore NAD Abercrombie LBD Boswell CBD Brown MBD Bordallo RGD Grijalva AGD Green EJD Johnson MKD Kaptur DKD Kildee CKD Kilpatrick JLD Lewis RLD Larsen CMD McKinney MMD Meehan GMD Meeks FPD Pallone DPD Payne LRD Roybal-Allard TRD Ryan BSI Sanders JTD Tierney CVD Van Hollen DWD Watson SBD Brown CGD Gonzalez TLD Lantos SLD Levin ZLD Lofgren CMD Maloney JMD McDermott TSD Strickland JSD Schakowsky LSD Sánchez TUD Udall RWD Wexler GKD Butterfield WCD Clay ECD Cleaver DKD Kucinich JSD Salazar JCD Crowley DDD Davis BFD Frank THD Holden JJD Jackson CPD Peterson BRD Rush TAD Allen MBD Berry TBD Baldwin RKD Kind CMD McCarthy JOD Olver SHD Herseth Sandlin CRD Ruppersberger PSD Stark NLD Lowey JCD Clyburn SLD Lynch JBD Baca JMD McGovern BMD McCollum RDD DeLauro KMD Meek DMD Matsui BPD Pascrell ASD Schiff BTD Thompson ETD Towns DDD DeGette RED Emanuel HFD Ford SJD Jones JSD Serrano HSD Solis DWD Wu GMD Miller RCD Carnahan MMD Michaud GMD Moore PKD Kennedy MWD Waters BHD Higgins TBD Bishop AED Eshoo

14 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Democracy Day Act of 2005 - Requires the Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in 2008 and in each even-number year thereafter (Election Day) to be treated in the same manner as November 11 (Veterans Day) for purposes of any laws relating to Federal employment. Urges private employers to give their employees that day off to enable them to vote.