H.Res. 562Directing the Office of the Historian to compile oral histories from current and former Members of the House of Representatives involved in the historic and annual Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, as well as the civil rights movement in general, for the purposes of expanding or augmenting the historic record and for public dissemination and education.

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Sponsor: Terri A. Sewell [D-AL-07]
Cosponsors: 1 · 1 Republican
Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Committee: Committee on House Administration
Latest action: Mar 1, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2012
Passed the HouseMar 1, 2012

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Directs the Office of the Historian to compile oral histories from current and former Members of the House of Representatives involved in the Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, as well as the civil rights movement in general, for the purposes of expanding or augmenting the historic record and for public dissemination and education.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.Res. 562 as passed House without amendment on Mar 1, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.

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Directing the Office of the Historian to compile oral histories from current and former Members of the House of Representatives involved in the historic and annual Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, marches, as well as the civil rights movement in general, for the purposes of expanding or augmenting the historic record

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418 Yea 0 Nay 15 not voting

Crossed both parties No voting member broke with their own party.

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Democratic192 members

Republican241 members

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Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.Res. 562 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.

RMartha Roby [R-AL-02]Original

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Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

What the measure doesCRS summary

How every member votedHouse roll call 92

On Agreeing to the Resolution

How the chamber split

Cosponsors1 · 1 Republican

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