Cosponsor Watch

Gaining cosponsors is an important part of the legislative process. Bills with cosponsors are more likely to be passed from committee to a floor vote. The links in the table headings will take you to texts of the bills. An asterisk denotes an original cosponsor; the legislator in italics introduced the bill.

H. R. 27 Citizen's Self Defense Act of 1997	H. R. 1009 States' Rights and Second and Tenth Amendment Restoration Act of 1997	H. R. 1147 Second Amendment Restoration Act of 1997	H. R. 2721 Second Amendment Protection Act of 1997
right to self-defense	repeals Lautenberg gun ban	repeals semi-auto gun ban	repeals Brady Act
[ 78 cosponsors ] BACHUS (R-AL) BARCIA (D-MI)* BARTLETT (R-MD) BARTON (R-TX)* BLILEY (R-VA) BOUCHER (D-VA) BRADY (R-TX) BURR (R-NC) BURTON (R-IN)* CALLAHAN (R-AL)* CALVERT (R-CA)* CAMP (R-MI) CANNON (R-UT) CHENOWETH (R-ID)* COBLE (R-NC)* COBURN (R-OK)* COLLINS (R-GA)* COMBEST (R-TX) CONDIT (D-CA)* CRANE (R-IL)* CRAPO (R-ID) CUBIN (R-WY) CUNNINGHAM (R-CA)* DICKEY (R-AR) DOOLITTLE (R-CA)* DUNCAN, Jr. (R-TN) EMERSON (R-MO) ENSIGN (R-NV) FOX (R-PA) GOODE (D-VA) GRAHAM (R-SC) HALL (D-TX)* HAYWORTH (R-AZ) HERGER (R-CA) HILL (R-MT) HILLEARY (R-TN) HOLDEN (D-PA)* HOSTETTLER (R-IN) HULSOF (R-MO) JONES (R-NC) JOHNSON, S (R-TX) LAHOOD (R-IL) LEWIS, R (R-KY) MCINTOSH (R-IN) MCKEON (R-CA) MYRICK (R-NC) NETHERCUTT (R-WA) NEUMANN (R-WI) NEY (R-OH) NORWOOD (R-GA) NUSSLE (R-IA) PAPPAS (R-NJ) PAUL (R-TX) PETERSON, C (D-MN) PETERSON, J (R-PA) PICKERING (R-MS) REDMOND (R-NM) RIGGS (R-CA) RYUN (R-KS) SANDLIN (D-TX) SCHAEFER, D (R-CO) SCHAFFER, B (R-CO) SESSIONS (R-TX) SHUSTER (R-PA) SKEEN (R-NM)* SOLOMON (R-NY)* SOUDER (R-IN) SPENCE (R-SC) SUNUNU (R-NH) STEARNS (R-FL) STRICKLAND (R-OH) STUMP (R-AZ)* THORNBERRY (R-TX) TIAHRT (R-KS) WAMP (R-TN) WATKINS (R-OK) WELDON, D (R-FL) WICKER (R-MS) YOUNG, D (R-AK)*	[ 40 cosponsors ] BATEMAN (R-VA) BUNNING (R-KY) CANNON (R-UT) CHAMBLISS (R-GA) CHENOWETH (R-ID) COBURN (R-OK)* COMBEST (R-TX) COOKSEY (R-LA) CRAPO (R-ID) CUBIN (R-WY)* DICKEY (R-AR) DOOLITTLE (R-CA)* GIBBONS (R-NV)* GOODE (D-VA)* HALL (D-TX) HASTINGS (R-WA) HEFLEY (R-CO) HERGER (R-CA)* HILL (R-MT) HOSTETTLER (R-IN)* KIM (R-CA) KOLBE (R-AZ) LAHOOD (R-IL) LEWIS, R (R-KY)* McINTOSH (R-IN) PAUL (R-TX)* PETERSON (R-PA) PICKETT (D-VA) REDMOND (R-NM) RIGGS (R-CA) RYUN (R-KS) SESSIONS (R-TX) SKEEN (R-NM)* SMITH (R-MI) SPENCE (R-SC) STUMP (R-AZ) THORNBERRY (R-TX) TIAHRT (R-KS) WATTS (R-OK) WICKER (R-MS) YOUNG, D (R-AK)*	[ 27 cosponsors ] BARCIA (D-MI) BOUCHER (D-VA) BRYANT (R-TN) CANADY (R-FL) CHENOWETH (R-ID) COBURN (R-OK) COOKSEY (R-LA) CRAPO (R-ID) CUBIN (R-WY) DICKEY (R-AR) DOOLITTLE (R-CA) EMERSON (R-MO) GOODE (D-VA) HAYWORTH (R-AZ) HALL (D-TX) HILL (R-MT) HILLEARY (R-TN) HOSTETTLER (R-IN) JOHNSON, SAM (R-TX) LEWIS, R (R-KY) NEY (R-OH) PAUL (R-TX) SESSIONS (R-TX) SOUDER (R-IN) STUMP (R-AZ) TALENT (R-MO) THORNBERRY (R-TX) WICKER (R-MS)	[ 20 cosponsors ] BARCIA (D-MI) BOEHNER (R-OH) COBURN (R-OK) CRANE (R-IL) CUBIN (R-WY) DELAY (R-TX) DOOLITTLE (R-CA) ENSIGN (R-NV) GOODE (D-VA) HALL (D-TX) LEWIS, R (R-KY) LUCAS (R-OK) NEY (R-OH) NORWOOD (R-GA) PAUL (R-TX) PEASE (R-IN) PETERSON, J (R-PA) RYUN (R-KS) SESSIONS (R-TX) SKEEN (R-NM) WAMP (R-TN)