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S.Res. 137 · 109th Congress

A resolution designating May 1, 2005, as "National Child Care Worthy Wage Day".

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JCD CorzineSponsor
9 cosponsors · 9 D
JBD Bingaman BBD Boxer CDD Dodd RDD Durbin RFD Feingold DID Inouye TKD Kennedy JKD Kerry FLD Lautenberg

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

  1. Senate Introduced May 12, 2005
  2. Senate Passed May 12, 2005

Designates May 1, 2005, as National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.

What it does: CRS summary · Passed Senate without amendment · May 12, 2005

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Designates May 1, 2005, as National Child Care Worthy Wage Day.

Calls on the people of the United States to observe such day by: (1) honoring early-childhood educators and programs in their communities; and (2) working together to resolve the early-childhood educator compensation crisis.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: A resolution designating May 1, 2005, as "National Child Care Worthy Wage Day".

Latest action (May 12, 2005): Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5181-5182; text as passed Senate: CR S5182; text of measure as introduced: CR S5171)

Policy area: Commemorations · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 12, 2005

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  1. Senate Introduced May 12, 2005
  2. Senate Passed May 12, 2005

No recorded floor vote found.