Bill Title: A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Dr. Muhammad Yunus, in recognition of his contributions to the fight against global poverty.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 53-16-2)

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-05 - Became Public Law No: 111-253. [SB846 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Bond [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	N/A	BioGuide
Senator Kay Hagan [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NC	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Byrd [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WV	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Udall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Michael Bennet [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mary Landrieu [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jack Reed [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Susan Collins [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ME	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator George Voinovich [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Russell Feingold [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Michael Enzi [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Arlen Specter [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PA	OpenSecrets	N/A	N/A	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John McCain [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AZ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-RI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Benjamin Cardin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Evan Bayh [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IN	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SD	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Merkley [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Pryor [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AR	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roger Wicker [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Lisa Murkowski [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AK	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Orrin Hatch [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-UT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thad Cochran [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Burr [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NC	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Bennett [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-UT	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Pat Roberts [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-KS	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Benjamin Nelson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NE	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mike Johanns [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NE	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sam Brownback [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-KS	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Al Franken [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roland Burris [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jim Webb [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tom Udall [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jon Tester [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Max Baucus [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MT	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Herb Kohl [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Olympia Snowe [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ME	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Charles Schumer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Menendez [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NJ	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Joseph Lieberman [I]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Carl Levin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Frank Lautenberg [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NJ	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Amy Klobuchar [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Kerry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Edward Kennedy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Richard Durbin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Casey [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Sherrod Brown [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Barbara Boxer [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Bingaman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Begich [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AK	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Harry Reid [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Debbie Stabenow [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Barbara Mikulski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ron Wyden [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bernard Sanders [I]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Rockefeller [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WV	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bill Nelson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-FL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patty Murray [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Lamar Alexander [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-TN	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Maria Cantwell [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kent Conrad [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ND	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Thomas Carper [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-DE	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patrick Leahy [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VT	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Dianne Feinstein [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Jeanne Shaheen [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NH	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Daniel Akaka [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Daniel Inouye [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-HI	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tom Harkin [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Christopher Dodd [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-CT	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NY	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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