Bill Title: A resolution recognizing June 2009 as the first National Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiecstasia (HHT) month, established to increase awareness of HHT, which is a complex genetic blood vessel disorder that affects approximately 70,000 people in the United States.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-21 - Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5885; text as passed Senate: CR S5885; text of measure as introduced: CR S5877) [SR161 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography	BioGuide
Senator Jeff Bingaman [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NM	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator John Kerry [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Barbara Mikulski [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MD	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Johnny Isakson [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-GA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Saxby Chambliss [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-GA	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Tim Johnson [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-SD	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Mark Warner [D]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-VA	OpenSecrets	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide
Senator Robert Bennett [R]	Sponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-UT	OpenSecrets	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart	BioGuide

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