Bill Title: A resolution recognizing National Foster Care Month as an opportunity to raise awareness about the challenges of children in the foster care system, and encouraging Congress to implement policy to improve the lives of children in the foster care system.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-16 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S3585; text as passed Senate: CR S3583-3584) [SR147 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Mary Landrieu [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-LA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Begich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-AK	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Roy Blunt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MO	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Benjamin Cardin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Chuck Grassley [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-IA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Hoeven [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-ND	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Johnson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SD	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Kaine [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Carl Levin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MI	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Patty Murray [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-WA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Bill Nelson [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-FL	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Ron Wyden [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-OR	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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