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HCONRES 119 111th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Commemorative events and holidays Federal officials Judges News media and reporting Ohio Postal service Racial and ethnic relations State and local government operations

Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp in commemoration of Carl B. Stokes.

Introduced: May 5, 2009 See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend, and the United States Postal Service to issue, a commemorative postage stamp commemorating Carl B. Stokes.

What's happening now May 5, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

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 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 9
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 4, 2009
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 4, 2009
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Jun 4, 2009
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Jun 4, 2009
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 119: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp in commemoration of Carl B. Stokes.. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-119/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 119: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp in commemoration of Carl B. Stokes.." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-119/.
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H. Con. Res. 119, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-119/.
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[H. Con. Res. 119: Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States Postal Service should issue a postage stamp in commemoration of Carl B. Stokes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HCONRES-119/)
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