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A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement,…

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A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.

Introduced: June 7, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jun 7, 2005
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Authorizes the President, on behalf of Congress, to award a gold medal of appropriate design posthumously to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, Wisconsin, and the United States.

What's happening now June 7, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jun 22, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1174: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1174/
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"S. 1174: A bill to authorize the President to posthumously award a gold medal on behalf of Congress to Robert M. La Follette, Sr., in recognition of his important contributions to the Progressive movement, the State of Wisconsin, and the United States.." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1174/.
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S. 1174, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-S-1174/.
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